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+ | [[File:Ballarat gfs 1854 H3668 SLV low res.jpg|500px|thumb|centre|''Ballarat Goldfields,'' 1854. State Library of Victoria (H3668)]] | ||
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+ | [[File:Rushworth c1923. SLV H28738.jpg|500px|thumb|centre|''A Gold Mine Shaft, Rushworth,'' c1923. State Library of Victoria (H28738)]] | ||
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+ | [[File:backhaus.gif|500px|thumb|centre|''George Henry Backhaus''. Victorian Patents Office Copyright Collection, State Library of Victoria, (H96.160/278)]] ]] | ||
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+ | [[File:Lalor's Pistol SLV H36528-right.jpg|500px|thumb|centre|''Peter Lalor's Pistol,'' c1840. State Library of Victoria (H36528)]] | ||
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+ | [[File:Lalor's Pistol SLV H36528.jpg|500px|thumb|centre|''Peter Lalor's Pistol,'' c1840. State Library of Victoria (H36528)]] | ||
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+ | [[File:FL10208849.jpg|500px|thumb|centre|''Duncan Gillies,'' State Library of Victoria (H93.359/9)]] | ||
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+ | [[File:Ballerstedt-SLV.jpg|1000px|thumb|centre|Albert Charles Cooke,''Theodore and Christopher Ballerstest,'' 1869. State Library of Victoria (H82.291)]] | ||
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+ | [[File:Harrison-SLV FL10112047.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|''Captain George Harrison,'' State Library of Victoria (H5056/605)]] | ||
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+ | [[File:Owens-SLV-wiki.JPG|500px|thumb|centre|''The Late John Downes Owens''. State Library of Victoria (IAN27/12/66/4)]] | ||
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+ | [[File:Bendigo-Petition2.JPG|500px|thumb|centre|''Bendigo Goldfields Petition Cover,'' August 1853. State Library of Victoria (MS 12440) | ||
+ | and Condemned them to hard labor on the Public Roads of the Colony - A proceeding Your Petitioners maintain to be contrary to the spirit of the British Law which does not recognise the principle of the Subject being a Criminal because he is indebted to the State<br/> | ||
+ | That the impost of Thirty Shillings a Month is unjust because the successful and unsuccessful Digger are assessed in the same ratio<br/> | ||
+ | For these reasons and others which could be enumerated Your Petitioners pray Your Excellency to Grant the following Petition<br/> | ||
+ | * First. To direct that the Licence Fee be reduced to Ten Shillings a Month<br/> | ||
+ | * Secondly To direct that Monthly or Quarterly Licenses be issued at the option of the Applicants<br/> | ||
+ | * Thirdly To direct that new arrivals or invalids be allowed on registering their names at the Commissioners Office fifteen clear days residence on the Gold Fields before the License be enforced<br/> | ||
+ | * Fourthly To afford greater facility to Diggers and others resident on the Gold Fields who wish to engage in Agricultural Pursuits for investing their earnings in small allotments of land<br/> | ||
+ | * Fifthly To direct that the Penalty of Five Pounds for non-possession of License be reduced to One Pound<br/> | ||
+ | * Sixthly To direct that (as the Diggers and other residents on the Gold Fields of the Colony have uniformly developed a love of law and order) the sending of an Armed Force to enforce the License Tax be discontinued.<br/> | ||
+ | Your Petitioners would respectfully submit to Your Excellency's consideration in favour of the reduction of the License Fee that many Diggers and other residents on the Gold-fields who are debarred from taking a License under the present System would if the Tax were reduced to Ten Shillings a Month cheerfully comply with the Law so that the License Fund instead of being diminished would be increased<br/> | ||
+ | Your Petitioners would also remind your Excellency that a Petition is the only mode by which they can submit their wants to your Excellency's consideration as although they contribute more to the Exchequer that half the Revenue of the Colony they are the largest class of Her Majesty's Subjects in the Colony unrepresented<br/> | ||
+ | And your Petitioners as in duty bound will ever pray etc.]] | ||
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+ | [[File:Twain-SLV-H37081-15-wiki.jpg|500px|thumb|centre|''Mark Twain,'' 1901-c.1911. State Library of Victoria (H37081/15)]] | ||
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+ | [[File:Interior, Adelphi Theatre, Ballarat, 1855.jpg|500px|thumb|centre|''Interior, Adelphi Theatre, Ballarat, 1855'' unknown, 1855. State Library of Victoria]] | ||
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+ | [[File:Fawkner-SLV- H13540-wiki.jpg|500px|thumb|centre|''John Pascoe Fawkner'' (Batchelder & Co.), c1867. State Library of Victoria (H13540)]] | ||
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+ | [[File:Lightning.JPG|500px|thumb|centre|''Lightning Burnt'' Photograph: State Library of Victoria Allan C. Green. (H91.108/1538]] | ||
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+ | [[File:Marco Polo.jpg|500px|thumb|centre|Marco Polo by Thomas Robertson. State Library of Victoria (H306 )]] | ||
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+ | [[File:Blue Jacket.jpg|500px|thumb|centre|"Burning of the White Star Line Blue Jacket", by Samuel Colvert, 1869. State Library of Victoria (IAN19/06/69/124 )]] | ||
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+ | [[File:Aberfoyle.jpg|500px|thumb|centre|The "Aberfoyle", 1895. State Library of Victoria (IAN01/07/95/17 )]] | ||
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[[File:702843961.jpg|500px|thumb|centre|''Montrose Cottage, Eureka Street, Ballarat." Photograph: John T. Collins. State Library of Victoria (H90.100/918)]] | [[File:702843961.jpg|500px|thumb|centre|''Montrose Cottage, Eureka Street, Ballarat." Photograph: John T. Collins. State Library of Victoria (H90.100/918)]] | ||
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[[File:SLV-25126.jpg|1000px|thumb|centre|''Travelling to the Diggings, the Keilor Plains''. Victoria by John A. Gilfillan. State Library of Victoria Collection (H25126)]] | [[File:SLV-25126.jpg|1000px|thumb|centre|''Travelling to the Diggings, the Keilor Plains''. Victoria by John A. Gilfillan. State Library of Victoria Collection (H25126)]] | ||
− | [[File:Barry-SLV-H4706b.jpg|500px|thumb|centre|''Redmond Barry, c1875.'' State Library of Victoria (H4706)]] | + | [[File:Barry-SLV-H4706b.jpg|500px|thumb|centre|''[[Redmond Barry]], c1875.'' State Library of Victoria (H4706)]] |
− | [[File:Foster-SLV-H3.jpg|500px|thumb|centre|''John | + | [[File:Foster-SLV-H3.jpg|500px|thumb|centre|''[[John Foste]]r,'' 1866 by John Botterill. State Library of Victoria Collection (H3) <br />John Foster was Acting Governor of Victoria from 8 May to 22 June 1854. This work was commissioned by Sir [[Redmond Barry]] and the Trustees of the Melbourne Public Library in 1866.]] |
− | [[File:Latrobe-SLV-H81.20-1.jpg|500px|thumb|centre|''Mr Charles Joseph | + | [[File:Latrobe-SLV-H81.20-1.jpg|500px|thumb|centre|''Mr [[Charles Joseph LaTrobe]],'' c1854. State Library of Victoria Collection (H81.20/1)]] |
[[File:Latrobe-SLV- H92.360-162 .jpg|500px|thumb|centre|''Charles Joseph La Trobe - study'' by Sir Francis Grant. This portrait of La Trobe was subscribed for by the colonists of Victoria in 1855. It hangs in the Melbourne Town Hall Melbourne. Two less finished versions were also made by the artist for the family. This version was done for La Trobe himself and remained in the family until it was donated to the State Library of Victoria in 1954. State Library of Victoria Collection (H92.360/162)]] | [[File:Latrobe-SLV- H92.360-162 .jpg|500px|thumb|centre|''Charles Joseph La Trobe - study'' by Sir Francis Grant. This portrait of La Trobe was subscribed for by the colonists of Victoria in 1855. It hangs in the Melbourne Town Hall Melbourne. Two less finished versions were also made by the artist for the family. This version was done for La Trobe himself and remained in the family until it was donated to the State Library of Victoria in 1954. State Library of Victoria Collection (H92.360/162)]] |