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+ | ::The death of Mr. Henry Luke, at Hawksburn, on Monday removed one of the oid identities of Gippsland. Mr. Luke arrived in Victoria in the early fifties, and after mining experience at [[Forest Creek]] settled for a while in Emerald Hill. Then, he went to Port Albert, and eventually pur chased the Gippsland Mercury. He was 72 years of age.<ref>Adelaide Observer, 12 May 1906.</ref> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== |
Latest revision as of 22:53, 1 June 2021
Contents
Background
Goldfields Involvement, 1853-1854
Hnery Luke 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.
He was examined at the 1855 Goldfields Commission in Castlemaine.
Post 1854 Experiences
Obituary
- Mr. Henry Luke.
- The death of Mr. Henry Luke, at Hawksburn, on Monday removed one of the oid identities of Gippsland. Mr. Luke arrived in Victoria in the early fifties, and after mining experience at Forest Creek settled for a while in Emerald Hill. Then, he went to Port Albert, and eventually pur chased the Gippsland Mercury. He was 72 years of age.[1]
See also
Ballarat Reform League Inc. Monuments Project
Further Reading
References
- ↑ Adelaide Observer, 12 May 1906.
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