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Revision as of 20:40, 19 November 2013
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Background
William Dexter was a china painter who was born in Devon, England.
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
Goldfields unrest and agitation against what was seen as an unjust Gold License fee centred in Bendigo in 1853. Large gatherings of diggers took place in Bendigo over the course of August 1853. Over 10,000 people welcomed the petition representatives back to the diggings on 13 August, assembled under the Diggers’ Flag, designed by William Dexter.[1] The flag's design included a pick, shovel and cradle representing the labour of the miners, the scales of justice, an ancient Roman bundle of sticks signifying unity, as well as uniquely Australian fauna the kangaroo and emu.
Dexter urged Bendigo miners to wear a red ribbon as a sign of protest against the mining tax. This became the symbol of the Red Ribbon Rebellion.
Post 1854 Experiences
See also
Further Reading
References
- ↑ http://www.egold.net.au/biogs/EG00240b.htm, downloaded 15 March 2013.
