I came across this item while looking for information about John Forrest and the mail shipping services in the 1890s. It appeared in the West Australian on 5 February 1895. Sir John Forrest was both Premier and Treasurer of Western
The Indignation Meeting
These days, if people don’t like something the government proposes, they take to social media to voice their objections. But in the 19th century, they would hold an ‘indignation meeting.’ I first came across this strange phrase while reading newspapers