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Lambing Flat Riots, (1860–61), wave of anti-Chinese disturbances in the goldfields of New South Wales, Australia, which led to restriction of Chinese immigration. Many white and Chinese miners had flocked to the settlement of Lambing Flat (now called Young) when gold was discovered in the area in the summer of 1860. -
November 13th 1860, Riot
Diggers drove about five hundred Chinese off their diggings, destroying their tents and limiting the restrictions of Chinese immigration. -
NOV 27, 1860
When the Lambing Flat diggings was proclaimed as a goldfield it was given the name Burrangong after a local creek -
DEC 12, 1860
Rumours say that Europeans attacked a party of Chinese were mistreated, some of which to extent of death -
DEC 12, 1860
After venting their rage on these establishments, the miners attacked the Chinese quarter of the settlement, killed several people, and wounded many others. Other attacks followed the December incident, and eventually the Chinese miners had to abandon the fields -
NOV 1861
The Lambing Flat Riots led the New South Wales government to pass the Chinese Immigration Act in November 1861, severely limiting the flow of Chinese into the colony. -
FEB 7,1861
As a speech given at Lambing Flat early the following year was to explain however, the general state of NSW goldfields was poor … “instance Kiandra, Araluen, Turon, Meroo, Tambaroora, &c., in short, gentlemen, they are all in a state of insolvency and the only solvent one is the one on which we are striving for an honest livelihood.” -
MAY 24, 1861
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. -
JUN 30, 1861
OnThisDay 30 June 1861 was the infamous Lambing Flat riot. The goldfields in the Burrangong region of New South Wales had seen much unrest and hostility towards Chinese miners, by European gold diggers, in the months leading up to the attack at Lambing Flat (now called Young). During the riot a large mob attempted to drive Chinese miners off the goldfields, destroying tents, possessions and attacking and injuring many miners. -
JUL 2, 1861
On Sunday 30 June, the long threatened ‘roll up’ occurred that brutally drove the Chinese off the field from their camps in Blackguard Gully and Back Creek A first hand account of events was delivered by the Herald correspondent writing at 11pm that same night.