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| − | Goldfields unrest about the [[Gold License]] free centred in [[Bendigo]] in 1853 | + | Goldfields unrest about the [[Gold License]] free centred in [[Bendigo]] in 1853. |
| − | The Bendigo diggers held meetings and the Red Ribbon | + | The Red Ribbon Agitation of 1853 was one of the earliest in the string of events that led ultimately to the [[Eureka Stockade]] uprising in Ballarat. Miners were required to pay a licence fee of 30 shillings a month whether they found gold or not.<ref>http://monumentaustralia.org.au/monument_display.php?id=30387&image=0, downloaded 15 March 2013.</ref> This was seen as an unfair tax. The Red Ribbon Movement was active on the Bendigo diggings where diggers demanded a license fee from 30 shillings to ten shillings. The diggers planned to offer 10 shillings for a license and allow themselves to get arrested so as to cause overcrowding in the prisons, and an increase in administration. |
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| + | The miners wanted land and they wanted representation. They were taking up the American cry of `no taxation without representation.`The Bendigo diggers held meetings and wore red ribbons to indicate that they would not pay the full license. The authorities in Bendigo were sensible and suspended the license for a month. That one month without the license fee being collected provided a relief valve for building tensions on the goldfields, but it was only temporary. More meetings and protests followed the 1853 Red Ribbon Rebellion, and miners continued to protest the license fee and advocate for changes, and the Red Ribbon sentiment spread to the other goldfields. Tensions eventually erupted in the [[Eureka Stockade]] on 03 December, 1854.<ref>http://monumentaustralia.org.au/monument_display.php?id=30387&image=0, downloaded 15 March 2013.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 21:38, 16 March 2013
Goldfields unrest about the Gold License free centred in Bendigo in 1853.
The Red Ribbon Agitation of 1853 was one of the earliest in the string of events that led ultimately to the Eureka Stockade uprising in Ballarat. Miners were required to pay a licence fee of 30 shillings a month whether they found gold or not.[1] This was seen as an unfair tax. The Red Ribbon Movement was active on the Bendigo diggings where diggers demanded a license fee from 30 shillings to ten shillings. The diggers planned to offer 10 shillings for a license and allow themselves to get arrested so as to cause overcrowding in the prisons, and an increase in administration.
The miners wanted land and they wanted representation. They were taking up the American cry of `no taxation without representation.`The Bendigo diggers held meetings and wore red ribbons to indicate that they would not pay the full license. The authorities in Bendigo were sensible and suspended the license for a month. That one month without the license fee being collected provided a relief valve for building tensions on the goldfields, but it was only temporary. More meetings and protests followed the 1853 Red Ribbon Rebellion, and miners continued to protest the license fee and advocate for changes, and the Red Ribbon sentiment spread to the other goldfields. Tensions eventually erupted in the Eureka Stockade on 03 December, 1854.[2]
- ↑ http://monumentaustralia.org.au/monument_display.php?id=30387&image=0, downloaded 15 March 2013.
- ↑ http://monumentaustralia.org.au/monument_display.php?id=30387&image=0, downloaded 15 March 2013.
