Charles Nevins
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Background
Charles Nevins was a quartz-crusher associated with gold mining ventures in Victoria and Tasmania. There are indications that Charles Nevins was in Victoria as early as 1855[1] and may have been practising as a "Broker for the sale of Ships, &c."[2] prior to involving himself in the formation of the Alliance Quartz-Crushing Company, for which he was one the two people chosen "to select the ground on which operations would be commenced.".[3]
Goldfields Involvement, 1853-1854
Signed the 1853 Bendigo Goldfields Petition. Agitation of the Victorian goldfields started with the Forest Creek Monster Meeting in 1851, but what became known as the Red Ribbon Movement was centred around the Bendigo goldfields in 1853. The Anti-Gold License Association was formed at Bendigo in June 1853, led by George Thomson, Dr D.G. Jones and 'Captain' Edward Browne. The association focused its attention on the 30 shillings monthly licence fee miners were required to pay to the government. They drew up a petition outlining digger grievances and called for a reduced licence fee, improved law and order, the right to vote and the right to buy land. The petition was signed by diggers at Bendigo, Ballarat, Castlemaine, McIvor (Heathcote), Mount Alexander (Harcourt) and other diggings. The 13 metre long petition was presented to Lieutenant-Governor Charles La Trobe in Melbourne on the 01 August 1853, but their call for a reduction in monthly licence fees and land reform for diggers was rejected. The diggers dissatisfaction erupted into the Red Ribbon Rebellion where agitators wore red ribbons on their hats symbolising their defiance of the law and prohibitive licence fees.
Post 1854 Experiences
See also
Bendigo Goldfields Petition Ballarat Reform League Inc. Monuments Project
Further Reading
References
- ↑ SHIPPING INTELLIENCE. (1855, June 11). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 4. Retrieved December 2, 2017, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4809386
- ↑ COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. (1855, June 29). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 4. Retrieved December 2, 2017, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4809998
- ↑ DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. (1855, October 12). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 5. Retrieved December 2, 2017, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4820671
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