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::John Semmens, from Cornwall, at the end of 24 years of Victorian mining, in 1876 acquired 640 acres at Yeungroon, and on his square mile of pasture ran a sheep and a half to the acre.<ref>Weekly Times, 05 January 1929.</ref> | ::John Semmens, from Cornwall, at the end of 24 years of Victorian mining, in 1876 acquired 640 acres at Yeungroon, and on his square mile of pasture ran a sheep and a half to the acre.<ref>Weekly Times, 05 January 1929.</ref> |
Revision as of 22:43, 14 March 2019
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Background
John Semmons was baptised on 19 August 1838 at Manaccan, Cornwall. He married Laura Fulton (1848-1918) on 27 December 1866 at Heathcote, Victoria. He died on 21 December 1925 at Kangaroo Flat.
- John Semmens, from Cornwall, at the end of 24 years of Victorian mining, in 1876 acquired 640 acres at Yeungroon, and on his square mile of pasture ran a sheep and a half to the acre.[1]
Goldfields Involvement, 1853-1854
John Semmens 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
Ballarat Reform League Inc. Monuments Project
Further Reading
References
- ↑ Weekly Times, 05 January 1929.
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