Difference between revisions of "Public Record Office Victoria VPRS 4066 Bakery Hill Meeting of 11 November 1854"
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− | [[File:I04066-p0000-000001-0060-690-001.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Re Meeting held at Bakery Hill in the presence of about 10,000 men on Saturday November 11th the following were adopted as the principles and objectives of the "Ballarat Reform League" (also known as the [[Ballarat Reform League Charter]]), p.1, 27 November 1854, PROV, VPRS4066/PO, Unit 1, A1<br/>At a Meeting held on Bakery Hill in the presence of about ten thousand men on Saturday November 11th, 1854 the following were adopted as the principles and objects of the “Ballarat Reform League” | + | [[File:I04066-p0000-000001-0060-690-001.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|"Re Meeting held at Bakery Hill in the presence of about 10,000 men on Saturday November 11th the following were adopted as the principles and objectives of the "Ballarat Reform League" (also known as the [[Ballarat Reform League Charter]]), p.1, 27 November 1854, PROV, VPRS4066/PO, Unit 1, A1<br/>At a Meeting held on Bakery Hill in the presence of about ten thousand men on Saturday November 11th, 1854 the following were adopted as the principles and objects of the “Ballarat Reform League”<br/> |
That it is the inalienable right of every citizen to have a voice in making the laws he is called upon to obey – that taxation without representation is tyranny.<br/> | That it is the inalienable right of every citizen to have a voice in making the laws he is called upon to obey – that taxation without representation is tyranny.<br/> | ||
That, being as the people have been hitherto, unrepresented in the Legislative Council of the Colony of Victoria, they have been tyrannised over, and it becomes their duty as well as interest to resist, and if necessary to remove the irresponsible power which so tyrannises over them.<br/> | That, being as the people have been hitherto, unrepresented in the Legislative Council of the Colony of Victoria, they have been tyrannised over, and it becomes their duty as well as interest to resist, and if necessary to remove the irresponsible power which so tyrannises over them.<br/> |