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​THE ​BALLARAT REFORM LEAGUE CHARTER

The Ballarat Reform League Charter is a four-page handwritten manifesto of democratic principles and demands presented to Governor Charles Hotham in November 1854. The Charter, written by members of the Ballarat Reform League and representing the aspirations and demands of the mining community of Ballarat, was instrumental in the campaigns for democratic reform in the Colony of Victoria. The Charter is resonant with universal democratic values, drawn from Chartist and other international democratic movements of its time. The Ballarat Reform League Charter is a central feature of the Eureka story, one of the most significant and influential events in Australia’s political and social history.


The Ballarat Reform League Charter was included in the 2004 UNESCO Australia Memory of the World Register. On the 13 October 2005 it was also included, as the first object, in the Victorian Heritage Register (Reference: PROV, VA 466 Governor VPRS 4066/PO Inward Correspondence, Unit 1 No.69)

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  • Descendants
    • Ancestor Stories >
      • Peter Lalor
    • Eureka Democracy Melb App.
  • Award
    • 2019 - Tim Costello
    • 2018 - Adele Ferguson
    • 2017 - Patrick Dodson
    • 2016 - Phil Glendenning AM
    • 2015 - Father Frank Brennan
    • 2013 - Museum of Australian Democracy at Eureka (M.A.D.E.)
    • 2011 - Dr. Anne Beggs-Sunter
    • 2010 - Margaret Rich
    • 2009 - John Molony
    • 2008 - Weston Bate
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