# Buninyong

Source: https://ballaratreformleague.org.au/monuments/buninyong/

## Hiscock Gully Rd & Berg's Lane, Buninyong

**The first protest meeting.**

In early August 1851, just over a month after Victoria became a separate colony, gold was discovered in Buninyong.

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[Castlemaine](https://ballaratreformleague.org.au/monuments/castlemaine/)

## distance to next monument

### 11km: Ballarat

### 11km: Bakery Hill

### 11km: Star Hotel

### 29km: Creswick

### 90km: Castlemaine

### 95km: Chewton

### 123km: St Paul’s Melbourne

### 127km: Bendigo

### 385km: Beechworth

The new Victorian government quickly issued a proclamation imposing a licence fee of 30 shillings a month to be paid in advance for a specific area. Diggers would also need proof of discharge from previous employment.

The day that this news reached Buninyong, a mass meeting was held to protest the onerous fee and conditions.

This was the first of many protest meetings across Victorian goldfields, culminating in the Eureka rebellion.

nearby points of interest...

## [buninyong Cemetery](https://ballaratreformleague.org.au/monuments/buninyong/)

[Learn more](http://buninyongcommunityassociation.com.au)

## [Buninyong visitors guide](https://ballaratreformleague.org.au/monuments/buninyong/)

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