School students were taken back in the history books at the annual re-enactment of the Red Ribbon Rebellion’s peaceful protest against the introduction of a mining license fee.
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On August 27 1853 diggers protested the introduction of a monthly mining license fee for the right to search for gold on Crown land.
Bendigo Historical Society president Jim Evans said the non-violent protest was a turning point in Bendigo’s gold rush history.
“The re-enactment is an imaginative experience for the school children to learn about the local history and its importance during the gold rush,” Mr Evans said.
“In a world where war and violence are so often considered the only way to settle our differences, it is essential that we remember those moments where peaceful negotiations have delivered the desired result.”
Students from Bendigo Violet Street P.S and California Gully P.S wearing red ribbons flew the flags of the nations which the miners represented while marching down View Street into Rosalind Park.
Watch the Bendigo Advertiser’s live stream of the re-enactment below:
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