Peter Lalor Brave, Trustful and a Risk Taker
By Molly North
Peter Lalor shaped the face of Australia’s democracy as we know it today. Without his bravery and leadership in the nineteenth century Australia would never have been the same wealthy country as it is today.
Peter Lalor was born in Tenakill Ireland on the 5th of February 1827. He was the youngest of 11 children and lived in a family home in County Laois (Queens country) Ireland. Peter Lalor arrived in the Ballarat goldfields in 1853 starting his career as a miner. Peter and James Scobbie refused to pay their licence fee and most miners thought it was unfair that they got away with it.
After the tragic death of Peter’s good friend James Scobbie many debates were held between the miners and the government. The miners had enough. On the 29th of November 1854, 12,000 diggers met under the Southern
…show more content…
Peter Lalor led. He was willing to risk his life for 12,000 diggers. They burnt their licenses, didn’t follow governor Hotham’s rules and the result was the Eureka stockade.
On the 3rd of December 1854 at dawn, Captain Thomas led the troopers into the Eureka stockade. Peter and the miners were not ready, it was a Sunday so they were not expecting the troopers. It was a battle they would all remember. Luckily Peter Lalor did not die but 22 of his fellow miners sadly did. There were only 6 troopers dead meaning the miners had lost but they were still determined.
Peter went to court to fight for many miners’ rights. It took a long time but finally the miners got it. They believed in themselves and finally got victory. In 1880 at the age of 53 Peter became a member of the upper house in parliament. Sadly 7 years later his very close wife and daughter passed away - because of this incidence Peter retired. Peter died on the 9th of February 1889. This significant man had changed and shaped Australian democracy, as we know it today.
Picture of Peter
One of the key individuals involved, the leader of the miners during the stockade, was Peter Lalor. Peter Lalor had a leading role in the Eureka stockade. He was the only crook to make it to parliament. Lalor stepped in to help the miners protest against gold licences and the fees. Peter Lalor got a seat in parliament, claimed the right to vote and got miners’ licenses cheaper. A great quote from Peter Lalor is "And with a burning feeling of an injured man I mounted the
Even though many consider Ned Kelly to be a significant national representative of Australian culture and heroism, the evil deeds that Ned Kelly committed during his life were not forgotten on the 27th of June, 1880. His criminal record was mostly overshadowed by his brave, courageous and loyal traits that won him the love of his people
I hope he will be remembered forever. Mabo does represent a very important opportunity for Aborigines which may now have enough land which their future options are really
The Victorian gold rush in 1851 attracted many people from all over the world. Peter Lalor was one of them. He arrived in 1852 from Ireland, where he was a well-known freedom fighter. Peter was well educated and was used to leading men. He was straight talking, strong minded and courageous. He was not afraid to stand up for what he believed in. When the governor introduced expensive gold licenses, the miners really began to struggle. They took their grievances to the gold commissioner, but he did not want to hear about their problems. Instead, the commissioner sent
What was the build up to the Eureka stockade? The eureka stockade was caused by a disagreement with the government and the miners. The government wanted you to hold a permit with you whilst you were
Arrived in the gold fields in Ballarat 1853 from Ireland, Peter Lalor was a freedom fighter, a rebel and the leader of the Eureka stockade. He believed in fighting for the miners’ rights and liberties. He had a great impact on Australian democracy. Peter Lalor played a great role in shaping Australia’s identity.
owners of the coal mines during that time to pay better wages to its laborers. He is
In 1854 the miners farewelled one of their most well known and well respected miner, James Scobbie. James Bently was the one who murdered James Scobbie out side his hotel after there was
They were soon joined by government officers and pastoralists with cattle and sheep which fouled the waterholes and grazed on the bush tucker Aboriginal people relied on. Aboriginal
the miners’ strike was caused by the massive pit closure programme that was introduced by
Ludwig Leichhardt was born on the 23rd October 1813 in the village of Trebatsch. He was the forth son and sixth of the eight children of Christian Hieronymus Matthias Leichhardt, farmer and royal inspector and his wife Charlotte Sophie. on the 23rd of May Leichhardt was awarded a medal by the royal geographical society of London for recognition of the increased knowledge of Australia.
Today as first speaker, I will be speaking about how much money becoming a republic would cost and how Australia is fine just the way it is. Our second speaker, will inform you all on the urgency to stay a democracy as it is an Australian tradition. Last but not least, our third speaker, will rebut and sum up our team’s
That is not counting the civil war he began, the civil war which my father died in. And you hear nothing about this because the parliament wants you to know nothing because they are only in power because of him. He chose his successor when he died in 1975, they are all franquistas. You do not know how lucky you are to live in a country where you can say such things like that. Back when I was a child back in Spain you spoke out you’d be gone the next morning. They took my Family’s home ‘repossessed’ it. That was the order. The Australian dream is opportunity. Many people from many corrupt or war-torn nations like me come here for a chance to be somebody. So, do not complain to me about your fortunes in a free country.
When an article was published in The Socialist on the 29th of July 1911, it is safe to say that John Curtin did not predict that he would be Prime Minister of Australia by the 7th of October 1941 (Tom Fitzgerald, National Museum of Australia). The article entitled ‘To Do or Not to Do’ was likely written by Curtin under the pen name Marat, and expressed the writer’s sense of difficulty in upholding socialist principles while continuing to peruse a personal career (Tom Fitzgerald). One of the key reasons that demonstrates that Curtin was in fact Marat was his tendency to let sleeping dogs lie ‘if you are a member of Parliament, or a Union Secretary,’ (Tom Fitzgerald). At the time Curtin was the Victorian organising secretary for the Timber Workers’
Initially, the Molly Maguires were devoting their lives to being miners and were not getting compensated with what they deserved. They were located