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Revision as of 15:39, 2 February 2020
Gold was discovered by Margaret Kennedy and Mrs Farrell in the Bendigo Creek at Golden Point, near today's Maple Street. This discovered marked the beginning of a very successful goldfield.
In 1853, at the height of the gold rush, protests were made to Victoria's Colonial Government, with agitation on every goldfield in Victoria. In Bendigo the Red Ribbon Rebellion resulted in over 23,000 signatures on a petition known as the Bendigo Miners' Petition.
Bendigo Petition
See http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/our-collections/treasures-curios/bendigo-goldfields-petition
Residents of Bendigo
David Brough; Ann Duke; George Duke; George Harrison; William Heise; John Knipe