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In ten months of unrest at Burrangong, the most infamous riot on the gold fields occurred on the night of 30 June 1861 when a mob of between 2,000 and 3,000 [4] European, North American and Australian-born gold miners attacked about 2,000 Chinese miners [4] and drove the Chinese off the Lambing Flat, and then moved on to the Back Creek diggings ...
Young cherishes its unique and colourful history today. During the Lambing Flat Festival in April there is a re-enactment of the "Roll Up" and reading of the Riot Act. [3] A painting of the Lambing Flat miners waving the "Roll Up" flag, along with the flag itself and other mining artefacts, are on display at the Lambing Flat Folk Museum. [1] [17]
Riot: Young, New South Wales: 2* 1861 Jun 30: Lambing Flat riots. Over 3,000 European gold diggers attacked Chinese settlement on gold-fields. *Official death toll was two Chinese killed, but eyewitness accounts claimed that actual death toll possibly as high as 40. [432] Air accident: North Melbourne: 2: 1943 Sep 4
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30 June 1861 – Lambing Flat riots White miners rioted against Chinese immigrants. 17 October 1861 – Cullin La Ringo massacre in Central Queensland.Nineteen white settlers were killed, one of the largest massacres of whites by Aborigines in Australian history.
The audio is one of six AI-generated voice messages from young people killed by gun violence, part of a new campaign launched last week by two groups, March For Our Lives and Change the Ref, to ...
Riots occurred on the goldfields at Spring Creek, Stoney Creek, Back Creek, Wombat, Blackguard Gully, Tipperary Gully, and Lambing Flat (now Young, New South Wales), in 1860–1861. [citation needed] There was ten months of unrest at Burrangong involving disputes against Chinese miners, where they were often driven off their 'digs'.
The Shasta County Sheriff’s Office said two children who died Thursday after falling into a river near the Shasta Dam were caught up in a rockslide near a campground.