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1894 victorian miners right
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<blockquote data-quote="loamer" data-source="post: 100886" data-attributes="member: 981"><p><em>Miners' Rights were introduced under the 1855 Goldfields Act, replacing the Gold Licence that provoked the Eureka uprising in 1854. The Act made a Miner's Right the necessary evidence for the occupation of a mining claim, and from 1857 also gave the holder the right to select a quarter acre of crown land on the goldfields for a residence - a vitally important aspect in the development of Victoria's gold-mining towns. By the end of 1855, 50,000 Miner's Rights had been issued. A fourth Goldfields Act in 1858, gave increased privileges to holders of Miner's Rights including the right to operate a business on crown land (such as a shop or hotel), the right to fell timber on claims and the right to build races and dams on crown lands for mining purposes. Under the Mining Statute of 1865 women not directly engaged in goldmining were permitted to take out a Miner's Right in order to build a residence or business premises on crown lands in the goldfields.</em></p><p></p><p>Next time you are in Maldon, Dunolly, Tarangulla etc, have a very close look at the old houses and you will see the frontages pretty well conform to what their Miner's rights allowed. </p><p></p><p>here is one from Ballarat 1894 - </p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/981/1410563566_a1.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />, 5 shillings.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="loamer, post: 100886, member: 981"] [i]Miners' Rights were introduced under the 1855 Goldfields Act, replacing the Gold Licence that provoked the Eureka uprising in 1854. The Act made a Miner's Right the necessary evidence for the occupation of a mining claim, and from 1857 also gave the holder the right to select a quarter acre of crown land on the goldfields for a residence - a vitally important aspect in the development of Victoria's gold-mining towns. By the end of 1855, 50,000 Miner's Rights had been issued. A fourth Goldfields Act in 1858, gave increased privileges to holders of Miner's Rights including the right to operate a business on crown land (such as a shop or hotel), the right to fell timber on claims and the right to build races and dams on crown lands for mining purposes. Under the Mining Statute of 1865 women not directly engaged in goldmining were permitted to take out a Miner's Right in order to build a residence or business premises on crown lands in the goldfields.[/i] Next time you are in Maldon, Dunolly, Tarangulla etc, have a very close look at the old houses and you will see the frontages pretty well conform to what their Miner's rights allowed. here is one from Ballarat 1894 - [img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/981/1410563566_a1.png[/img], 5 shillings. [/QUOTE]
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