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The Lambing Flat riots flag. [citation needed] The Lambing Flat riots banner flag. [citation needed] 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 ...
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.
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 ...
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Journey Fletcher, 25, and her children — 5-year-old son Jalani Jennings and 3-month-old infant girl Harmoni Agyei — were found dead on the morning of Aug. 29 in an apartment in the 3300 block ...
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]
DUBLIN (Reuters) -Three young children were among five people injured in a knife attack in Dublin on Thursday that sparked riots in the city centre and which police have not yet ruled out any ...