Castlemaine

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Agitation Hill, Castlemaine

Centred in Lyttleton Street, the monster meeting on Agitation Hill took place after a police raid in May 1853. The same day a placade was posted stating:

MEN OF CASTLEMAINE! MEET ON THE HILL BEHIND THE BAPTIST CHAPEL!

{{DIGGERS! – Avenge your wrongs and demand your rights, or otherwise you will live and die all slaves.[1]

Names associated with Living in Castlemaine

Henry Glenny

Harry Hambrook

Hutchings

Fr Patrick Smyth

Andrew Turnbull

John Westoby

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