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On 01 August 1853 Governor Charles La Trobe had been presented with a monster petition seeking immediate reform of government administration. The thirteen metre petition contained thousands of signatures collected throughout the Victorian goldfields. It was couched in Chartist terms, and caused LaTrobe to write to London warning of political unrest. <ref>Eureka: The First Australian Republic?, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery and Public Record Office Victoria, 1997, p1.</ref> | On 01 August 1853 Governor Charles La Trobe had been presented with a monster petition seeking immediate reform of government administration. The thirteen metre petition contained thousands of signatures collected throughout the Victorian goldfields. It was couched in Chartist terms, and caused LaTrobe to write to London warning of political unrest. <ref>Eureka: The First Australian Republic?, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery and Public Record Office Victoria, 1997, p1.</ref> |
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Background
Governor Charles LaTrobe visited Ballarat towards the end of September 1851.
On 01 August 1853 Governor Charles La Trobe had been presented with a monster petition seeking immediate reform of government administration. The thirteen metre petition contained thousands of signatures collected throughout the Victorian goldfields. It was couched in Chartist terms, and caused LaTrobe to write to London warning of political unrest. [1]
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
In May 1854 Charles LaTrobe retired.
In June 1854 Lieutenant Governor Charles La Trobe was replaced by Sir Charles Hotham. [2]
Post 1854 Experiences
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.