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+ | Thomas Underdown was the child of Thomas Underdown (snr) and Harding. He was the seventh of twelve children. The siblings were Elizabeth, James, Amelia, Jane, Sarah, Agnes, Robert, Catherine, George, Elizabeth and William., accessed 09 March 2019.<ref>http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Thomas_Underdown_(1821-1876)</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 17:41, 9 March 2019
Contents
Background
Thomas Underdown was born at Southleigh, Devon, England in 1821, and was baptised on 01 July 1821. He married Rachel Harpur on 30 August 1851 at Adelaide. He died on 26 November 1876.[1]
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
Family
Thomas Underdown was the child of Thomas Underdown (snr) and Harding. He was the seventh of twelve children. The siblings were Elizabeth, James, Amelia, Jane, Sarah, Agnes, Robert, Catherine, George, Elizabeth and William., accessed 09 March 2019.[2]
See also
Ballarat Reform League Inc. Monuments Project
Further Reading
References
External links
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