Burrangong November 1860 - September 1861

By Zac cat

  • Riot

    Diggers drove about five hundred Chinese off their diggings, destroying their tents and limiting the restrictions of Chinese immigration.
  • Period: to

    Burrangong

  • Renaming the Goldfield

    When the Lambing Flat diggings was proclaimed as a goldfield it was given the name Burrangong after a local creek

  • Another Riot

    Miners driving off Chinese that were reported to have injured several Chinese diggers and cut of several pigtails

  • Rumoured Attack

    Rumours say that Europeans attacked a party of Chinese were mistreated, some of which to extent of death

  • Prtoection and Anti-immigration League

    They had formed to reduce Chinese immigration to make the Chinese from working there

  • Meeting About Land

    There was a meeting to determine if Burrangong was European Goldfield or Chinese territory

  • No Bloodshed

    Written in a news article was that the lambing flat riots would be settled in a way so that there would be no bloodshed

  • Demondrill Creek

    there were a lot of Chinese at the creek who have refused to carry out the Commissioner's orders until the Chinese question related to the goldfields were settled

  • Worst Riots

    Worst Anti-Chinese riot in Australian history occurred at Lambing Flat
    there where were 3000 miners amassed to move the Chinese off the goldfields

  • Renaming

    Lambing Flat was renamed to Young because of all the tragic events that had occurred there