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(Vic goldfields history) Monster Meeting - Chewton 1851
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<blockquote data-quote="loamer" data-source="post: 27738" data-attributes="member: 981"><p>On 1/12/1851, the Victorian Executive Council issued a proclamation doubling the licence fee and extending it to everyone on the fields - not just the miners. 14,000 diggers held what is called the monster meeting at the place shown on the photographs. If you love your history this is worth reading up on as this was one of the protests that was in a sequence leading up to Eureka. It is worth noting the quote from Mr Booley. </p><p></p><p>I think it is great the area has not been turned into a money trap for tourists. For those unfamiliar with Chewton, it is very close to Castlemaine and a great prospecting and historically interesting area. </p><p>See Chewton website link. <a href="http://www.chewton.net/history.htm" target="_blank">http://www.chewton.net/history.htm</a></p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/981/1378263634_monster_meeting.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/981/1378263654_monster_meeting_2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="loamer, post: 27738, member: 981"] On 1/12/1851, the Victorian Executive Council issued a proclamation doubling the licence fee and extending it to everyone on the fields - not just the miners. 14,000 diggers held what is called the monster meeting at the place shown on the photographs. If you love your history this is worth reading up on as this was one of the protests that was in a sequence leading up to Eureka. It is worth noting the quote from Mr Booley. I think it is great the area has not been turned into a money trap for tourists. For those unfamiliar with Chewton, it is very close to Castlemaine and a great prospecting and historically interesting area. See Chewton website link. [url]http://www.chewton.net/history.htm[/url] [img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/981/1378263634_monster_meeting.jpg[/img] [img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/981/1378263654_monster_meeting_2.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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