Digitised copy of the original. This petition was signed by 1 in 12 diggers on the Victorian goldfields (over 5000 people), including diggers at Bendigo, Ballarat, Castlemaine, McIvor (Heathcote), Mount Alexander (Harcourt) and other diggings. It was collected in mid-1853, by miners who were protesting against mining licence fees and the methods by which fees were collected.
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