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| + | [[File:Page 3-White.JPG|Bendigo-Petition2.JPG|500px|thumb|right|''Bendigo Goldfields Petition Cover,'' August 1853 [detail]. State Library of Victoria (MS 12440)]] | ||
| + | [[File:Bendigo-Petition2.JPG|500px|thumb|right|''Bendigo Goldfields Petition Cover,'' August 1853. State Library of Victoria (MS 12440)]] | ||
| + | [[File:IMG_0286-wiki.jpg|1000px|thumb|right|''Red Ribbon Movement Monument in Rosalind Park, Bendigo [detail], 2013.'' Ballarat Heritage Services Picture Collection]] | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
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| + | 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== | ==Post 1854 Experiences== | ||
| + | Dr John O'Brien was severley reprimanded at the Bendigo Supreme Court in November 1858 for evidence in a rape case.<ref>Keith Bowden, Doctors and Diggers on the Mount Alexander Goldfields, SP, 1974.</ref> | ||
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| + | ::Dr John Aloysius O’Brien, Government medical officer, has been appointed Inspector of Institutions under the Inebriates Act 1004. pursuant to the regulations made on the l5th August, 1905.<ref>Ballarat Star, 28 August 1905.</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Notes == | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
| − | + | [[Bendigo Goldfields Petition]] | |
| − | + | [[Ballarat Reform League Inc. Monuments Project]] | |
| + | ==Further Reading== | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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| + | https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/family-matters/collections/did-you-ancestor-sign-the-bendigo-goldfields-petition/ | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:21, 27 March 2021
Contents
Background
Goldfields Involvement, 1853-1854
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
Dr John O'Brien was severley reprimanded at the Bendigo Supreme Court in November 1858 for evidence in a rape case.[1]
- Dr John Aloysius O’Brien, Government medical officer, has been appointed Inspector of Institutions under the Inebriates Act 1004. pursuant to the regulations made on the l5th August, 1905.[2]
Notes
See also
Ballarat Reform League Inc. Monuments Project
Further Reading
References
External links
If you can assist with information on this person, or a related image, please email eurekapedia@yahoo.com.au
To CITE this page click Cite This Page on the link to the left of this page.
