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Burrangong
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Riot
A "roll-up" of diggers drove about five hundred Chinese off their diggings, destroying their tents. -
Renaming the Goldfield
When the Lambing Flat diggings were proclaimed as a goldfield it was given the name Burrangong after a local creek -
Riot
The miners that were driving off the chinese were reported to have injured several chinese diggers and cut off several pigtails. -
Rumoured Attack
There were rumors about europeans attacking a party of chinese were mistreaded, some of which to the extent of death. -
Prtoection and Anti-immigration League
The Protection and Anti-Immigration League was established in 1861, formed to reduce Chinese Immigration. It stopped chinese from working there. -
Meeting about land
A meeting to determine wheither Burrangong is a European goldfield or Chinese territory. -
No Bloodshed
It was written in a news article that the lambing flat riots would be settled in a way that results in no bloodshed. -
Demondrill Creek
There were a great number of chinese at Demondrill creek who refused to carry out the Commissioner's orders until the Chinese question related to the gold fields were settled. -
Worst Riots
The worst Anti-Chinese riots in Australian history occured at Lambing Flat. Three thousand miners amassed to move the Chinese off the goldfields. -
Renaming
Lambing Flat was renamed Young after the tradgic event. -
Government Act
The New South Wales government passed the Chinese Immigration Act, this severly restricted the ammount of Chinese permitted to enter the colony.
