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The Lambing Flat riots were a series of violent anti-Chinese demonstrations that took place in the Burrangong region, in New South Wales, Australia. They occurred on the goldfields at Spring Creek, Stoney Creek, Back Creek, Wombat, Blackguard Gully , Tipperary Gully, and Lambing Flat.
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
The most infamous riot occurred on the night of 30 June 1861 when a group of perhaps 3,000 drove the Chinese off Lambing Flat, and then moved on to the Back Creek diggings, destroying tents and looting possessions. About 1,000 Chinese abandoned the field. Many of the victims were brutally beaten, but there were no deaths.
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.
This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 2004 Palm Island death in custody; B. ... Buckland riot; C. 2005 Cronulla riots; F. Frog's Hollow; L. Lambing Flat ...
Blackguard Gully is a heritage-listed former Chinese mining camp and now reserve at Whiteman Avenue, Young, New South Wales, Australia.It was part of the Lambing Flat or Burragorang goldfields, and was a primary location of the anti-Chinese Lambing Flat riots of 1861.
Journey Fletcher and her children, 5-year-old son Jalani Jennings and 3-month-old infant girl Harmoni Agyei, were found dead inside an apartment. Deaths of 2 young children and mother result of ...
This is a list of mass/spree killers who attacked schools. A mass murderer is typically defined as someone who kills three or more people in one incident, with no "cooling off" period. [76] [77] A mass murder typically occurs in a single location where one or more persons kill several others. [78] [79] [80]