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The march of the Europeans through the town on 30 June 1861 and the later declaration of the Riot Act were of immense significance to the history of the town of Young. In 1861 Lambing Flat had its name changed to Young. [1] Blackguard Gully is associated with the Chinese who camped in the area in the early 1860s and who mined for gold at ...
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 ...
Anti-Chinese violence continued into 1887, with arsonists targeting a number of Chinatowns across California, including those of Chico, Fresno, and San Jose. [2] As a result of anti-Chinese laws and violence in the 1880s, California's Chinese population declined by 37%. [2] The Chinese had been 8.7% of California's population as of the 1880 ...
Authorities believe a gunman may have targeted the California Seventh-day Adventist school where two young boys were critically wounded in a shooting Wednesday because of its church affiliation ...
The shooting occurred shortly after 1 p.m. (2100 GMT) at the Feather River School of Seventh-Day Adventists in a rural community near Oroville, California, about 55 miles (89 km) north of Sacramento.
Pages in category "Riots and civil disorder in California" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The children, described as juveniles, were caught in the rocks and debris that fell down a hillside around 9 a.m., downstream of the Shasta Dam, the office said in a news release. The bodies were ...
Anti-Chinese legislation in the United States was introduced in the United States that targeted Chinese migrants following the California gold rush and those coming to build the railway, including: Anti-Coolie Act of 1862; Page Act of 1875; Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882; Pigtail Ordinance