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Buninyong and District Community News Inc.
Fix this textMarch 2008.
Fix this textDistribution - 1300 copies.
Fix this textReg. No. A 0034918L
Fix this textABN 97 574 052 024
Fix this textIssue No. 338
Fix this textFirst Issue 26/7/1977
Fix this text'Lindersfarne. ’
Fix this textBy
Fix this textRobert w. Rell.
Fix this textThis is the story of a pioneers’ journey to live in Buninyong. 1840 to 1914.
Fix this textAlthough placed in a historic context, the central character, his background, his property name and his family are all fictitious
Fix this textTart 28 of a series.
Fix this textContinued from the November
Fix this text2007 edition of the Buninyong and
Fix this textDistrict Community News.
Fix this textThe discovery of gold had a
Fix this textdramatic effect in the Port Phillip
Fix this textDistrict of New South Wales. [You
Fix this textwill remember that Victoria; whilst
Fix this textsettled in 1835 was known as the
Fix this textPort Phillip District of New South
Fix this textWales until 1855 when Royal
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Fix this textof Victoria’s history often fail to
Fix this textrecognise that when researching
Fix this textmatters prior to 1855; the New
Fix this textSouth Wales records should be
Fix this textaccessed. Auth.]
Fix this textIn 1851, the Superintendent of the
Fix this textdistrict, Charles Joseph LaTrobe
Fix this textassumed the title of Lieutenant
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Fix this textDuring the 1840’s the main political
Fix this textissues were concerned with
Fix this texttransportation and the demand for
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Fix this textThe squatters and settlers assumed
Fix this textpower, probably based on the
Fix this texttheory that at home in Britain, those
Fix this textwith extensive land holdings were
Fix this textthe upper class. The power play
Fix this textwas to have significant, if not
Fix this textnearly disastrous effect later when
Fix this textgold miners agitated for their rights
Fix this textand adult franchise.
Fix this textTraders such as John Stuart were in
Fix this textan enviable position when the news
Fix this textof gold discoveries were heralded
Fix this textfrom every comer. It is estimated
Fix this textthat the population in and around
Fix this textBuninyong was little more than
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Fix this textThe news of gold in Australia
Fix this textspread rapidly - first around
Fix this textAustralia then internationally.
Fix this textPoor Reverend Hastie in Buninyong
Fix this textwas left in an absolute dilemma
Fix this textwhen his school master and matron
Fix this textquit their jobs and went seeking
Fix this textgold. Many of the squatters and
Fix this textsettlers woke up to find their
Fix this textworkers had left for the diggings.
Fix this textStore keepers and anyone involved
Fix this textin the production of food saw the
Fix this textmass movement as a money cow to
Fix this textbe milked for all it was worth.
Fix this textOthers were quick to seize the
Fix this textopportunity to cash in. Maps were
Fix this textproduced showing the best way to
Fix this texttravel to the gold fields. Initially
Fix this textthese maps sold for 6d [5 cents] but
Fix this textsoon they were available for 1/- [lO
Fix this textcents]. [This equates to about $l2
Fix this textin today’s values - for a crude A 4
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Fix this textMelbourne and Geelong began to
Fix this textbecome deserted as the population
Fix this textleft to seek their fortune. Tens of
Fix this textthousands came from all of the
Fix this textother areas of Australia to try their
Fix this textluck. In September 1852 alone
Fix this text19,000 disembarked at Melbourne
Fix this textand the influx continued, so much
Fix this textso, that in the decade 1851 - 1861
Fix this textthe population of Victoria rose from
Fix this text97,000 to 539,000.
Fix this textCrews deserted their ships in
Fix this textMelbourne and Geelong, and
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Fix this textJohn Stuart, who had been
Fix this textimporting merchandise for many
Fix this textyears was well equipped, well
Fix this textresourced and well respected as a
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Fix this textTaking advantage of ships bringing
Fix this textnew settlers seeking gold, John used
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Fix this textsame ships.
Fix this textBlacksmiths were hard at work
Fix this textproducing picks and shovels to
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Fix this textTo be continued ...
Fix this text© Copyright. Robert W. Bell. Buninyong.
Fix this text2004.
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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