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− | Joseph Henry Abbott arrived on the goldfields in 1853. He died in 1904 and is buried at [[White Hills Cemetery]].</ref> | + | Joseph Henry Abbott arrived on the goldfields in 1853. He died in 1904 and is buried at [[White Hills Cemetery]].<ref>The Argus, 12 November 1904.</ref> |
==Goldfields Involvement, 1853-1854== | ==Goldfields Involvement, 1853-1854== |
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Contents
Background
Joseph Henry Abbott arrived on the goldfields in 1853. He died in 1904 and is buried at White Hills Cemetery.[1]
Goldfields Involvement, 1853-1854
J.H. Abbott 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.
Post 1854 Experiences
Obituary
- MR. J. H. ABBOTT.
- Mr. Joseph Henry Abbott, M.L.C., a well-known Bendigo pioneer, died at Bendigo on Thursday morning, aged 74. He arrived on the Victorian goldfields in 1853, and entered public life in 1855. In 1876 he obtained a seat in the Victorian Legislative Council. His name will be best remembered for his establishment of the Hospital Sunday movement in Australia.[2]
- Mr J. H. Abbott [Jnr]
- The death has occurred of Mr Joseph Henry Abbott, of Barkly place, Bendigo. Mr Abbott was a leading business and sporting identity of the town. His late father was a member of the Legislative Council and a Mayor of Bendigo. Mr Abbott had an association with the Sandhurst and Northern District Trustees, Executors, and Agency Co. for many years. Over the last 30 years he was chairman of directors.[3]
See also
Ballarat Reform League Inc. Monuments Project
Further Reading
References
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