John Harrison
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Background
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
'After briefly doubling the thirtyshilling fee in December 1851, the Victorian government restored the original impost after protest meetings were convened by Captain John Harrison, a formal naval officer and republican who later took a leading role in both the red-ribbon movement and the Land Convention.'[1]
Post 1854 Experiences
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
- ↑ Andrew Charles Messner, PhD, UNE, Chartist Political Culture in Britain and Colonial Australia, c. 1835-1860, Messner, Andrew Charles (author); Atkinson, Alan (supervisor); Kent, David (supervisor); Prothero, Iori (supervisor), 2000; Cusack, Bendigo, pp. 77-8. Illustrations 12 and 13 are taken from ibid., opposite p. 84 and p. 36. For early fee regulations see Victoria Government Gazette, 16 August 1851 (Supplement); 20 August 1851, p. 259; 27 August 1851, p. 307; 3 December 1851, p. 825 (n.p.); 10 December 1851 p. 841 (n.p.). For Harrison see B. Nairn, G. Serie and R. Ward, section eds., Australian dictionary of biography, IV (Carlton, 1972), pp. 353-4.
External links
http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/harrison-john-3728
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