Difference between revisions of "Charter of Rights"
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== Background == | == Background == | ||
− | It is believed that [[J.B. Humffray]] penned the [[Charter of Rights]]. The [[Ballarat Reform League]] Charter was presented at a meeting on 11 November 1854 and ratified by a crowd of about 10,000 | + | The Ballarat Reform League Charter is a four-page handwritten manifesto of democratic principles and demands, presented to Governor Hotham in November 1854, a few weeks before the [[Eureka Stockade]] rebellion. The Charter is handwritten on watermarked government blue paper, folded into four foolscap-sized pages containing the text of the charter adopted by over 10,000 miners and storekeepers on [[Bakery Hill]] on the Ballarat goldfields on 11 November 1854, establishing its authority to represent the opinion of the majority of the adult population of Ballarat. The Southern Cross flag, designed and adopted by the [[Ballarat Reform League]], was flown for the first time at this meeting. The Charter was presented to Governor [[Charles Hotham]] on 27 November by representatives of this meeting, who also demanded the release of three prisoners arrested for burning [[James Bentley]]'s [[Eureka Hotel]]. This is a clerk's copy of the original Charter, held by the Public Records Office, Victoria. The original has not survived, and its format is unknown. The copy was created for administrative purposes by the Governor's office at the time it was received by Governor Hotham. It has markings on it indicating it was created by the Governor's office and that it |
+ | was the copy read by Governor Hotham.<ref>http://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/13970/download-report, accessed 09 June 2017.</ref> | ||
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+ | It is believed that [[J.B. Humffray]] penned the [[Charter of Rights]]. The [[Ballarat Reform League]] Charter was presented at a meeting on 11 November 1854 and ratified by a crowd of about 10,000. | ||
The Ballarat Reform League Charter is the first document in the history of Australia to promote participatory democracy. That document has been entered into the UNESCO Memory of the World database, which aims to collect the most important documents in the history of mankind. | The Ballarat Reform League Charter is the first document in the history of Australia to promote participatory democracy. That document has been entered into the UNESCO Memory of the World database, which aims to collect the most important documents in the history of mankind. |
Revision as of 19:35, 9 June 2017
Background
The Ballarat Reform League Charter is a four-page handwritten manifesto of democratic principles and demands, presented to Governor Hotham in November 1854, a few weeks before the Eureka Stockade rebellion. The Charter is handwritten on watermarked government blue paper, folded into four foolscap-sized pages containing the text of the charter adopted by over 10,000 miners and storekeepers on Bakery Hill on the Ballarat goldfields on 11 November 1854, establishing its authority to represent the opinion of the majority of the adult population of Ballarat. The Southern Cross flag, designed and adopted by the Ballarat Reform League, was flown for the first time at this meeting. The Charter was presented to Governor Charles Hotham on 27 November by representatives of this meeting, who also demanded the release of three prisoners arrested for burning James Bentley's Eureka Hotel. This is a clerk's copy of the original Charter, held by the Public Records Office, Victoria. The original has not survived, and its format is unknown. The copy was created for administrative purposes by the Governor's office at the time it was received by Governor Hotham. It has markings on it indicating it was created by the Governor's office and that it was the copy read by Governor Hotham.[1]
It is believed that J.B. Humffray penned the Charter of Rights. The Ballarat Reform League Charter was presented at a meeting on 11 November 1854 and ratified by a crowd of about 10,000.
The Ballarat Reform League Charter is the first document in the history of Australia to promote participatory democracy. That document has been entered into the UNESCO Memory of the World database, which aims to collect the most important documents in the history of mankind.
Also See
External Links
Victorian Heritage Database - http://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/13970/download-report
- ↑ http://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/13970/download-report, accessed 09 June 2017.