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2021 Commemoration of 1851 Monster Meeting of Diggers

Bendigo region
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2021 Commemoration of 1851 Monster Meeting of Diggers

Bendigo region
#onehourout
December 12, 2021
2:00pm to 5:00pmShow Calendar

Celebration of the Diggers who started the protest movement that kickstarted Victorian democracy 170 years ago. From 3pm music from Brasslemania & Crosswinds with Deputy Mayor Rosie Annear & (short) speeches from local MPs Maree Edwards & Lisa Chesters, PV’s Karen Doyle & historian Marjorie Theobald about the impact of the 1850s gold rush & how the Diggers began the transformation of Victoria from a squattocracy to a modern democracy.

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