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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
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| + | John O'Donnell was born at Cooraclare, County Clare, Ireland, in 1838. He sailed to Australia on the Royal Saxon as part of Caroline Chisholms Family Unification activity.<ref>Research by descendant Roderick O'Donnell.</ref> | ||
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| + | After the death of John O'Donnell's father in 1848 John was digging for gold on the Ballarat diggings and was not far from Eureka when events took shape there.<ref>Research by descendant Roderick O'Donnell.</ref> | ||
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==Goldfields Involvement, 1853-1854== | ==Goldfields Involvement, 1853-1854== | ||
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| + | According to family tradition passed through the generation before dawn on 03 December 1854 [[Peter Lalor]] and John O'Donnell went on a patrol around the perimeter of the [[Eureka Stockade]]. Each heading in a different direction. Peter Lalor encountered the troops under Captain Thomas, and was wounded in the ensuing battle. John O'Donnell heard the shooting and quickly left the area, thus ensuring his own survival and avoiding arrest. <ref>Research by descendant Roderick O'Donnell.</ref> | ||
John O'Donnell 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. | John O'Donnell 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. | ||
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Background
John O'Donnell was born at Cooraclare, County Clare, Ireland, in 1838. He sailed to Australia on the Royal Saxon as part of Caroline Chisholms Family Unification activity.[1]
After the death of John O'Donnell's father in 1848 John was digging for gold on the Ballarat diggings and was not far from Eureka when events took shape there.[2]
Goldfields Involvement, 1853-1854
According to family tradition passed through the generation before dawn on 03 December 1854 Peter Lalor and John O'Donnell went on a patrol around the perimeter of the Eureka Stockade. Each heading in a different direction. Peter Lalor encountered the troops under Captain Thomas, and was wounded in the ensuing battle. John O'Donnell heard the shooting and quickly left the area, thus ensuring his own survival and avoiding arrest. [3] John O'Donnell 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.
According to family lore 16 year old John O'Donnell was in the Eureka Stockade on the morning of 03 December 1854. He was checking preimeter with Peter Lalor when the shooting started. Hearing shooting Lalor went one way and was shot, and O'Donell ran away the other way and escaped.[4]
Post 1854 Experiences
See also
Ballarat Reform League Inc. Monuments Project
Further Reading
References
External links
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