Bendigo

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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

Also See

Red Ribbon Rebellion

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