Lambing Flat anti-Chinese riots

E1028857

anti-Chinese riot goldfields conflict racially motivated violence

The Lambing Flat anti-Chinese riots were a series of violent 1860–1861 attacks by European gold miners against Chinese miners on the New South Wales goldfields, reflecting intense racial hostility and tensions over mining rights in colonial Australia.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Lambing Flat anti-Chinese riots canonical	2

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	anti-Chinese riot ⓘ goldfields conflict ⓘ racially motivated violence ⓘ
aftermath	arrests of some rioters ⓘ deployment of colonial troops and police ⓘ partial return of Chinese miners under protection ⓘ
cause	economic competition on goldfields ⓘ racial hostility toward Chinese miners ⓘ tensions over mining rights ⓘ
chronology	one of the most serious anti-Chinese disturbances on Australian goldfields ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
describedBySource	colonial government records ⓘ contemporary newspaper reports ⓘ later historical studies ⓘ
endTime	1861 ⓘ
field	Australian history ⓘ race relations ⓘ social history ⓘ
hasContext	gold rush in New South Wales ⓘ large-scale Chinese migration to Australian goldfields ⓘ
hasEffect	forced removal of many Chinese miners ⓘ heightened racial tensions in colonial Australia ⓘ increased calls for Chinese immigration restriction ⓘ
hasPart	June 30 1861 Lambing Flat riot ⓘ
hasTheme	colonial law and order ⓘ racism ⓘ resource conflict ⓘ xenophobia ⓘ
historicalPeriod	colonial Australia ⓘ
influenced	later restrictive immigration attitudes in Australia ⓘ
location	Burrangong goldfields NERFINISHED ⓘ Lambing Flat NERFINISHED ⓘ New South Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainParticipants	Chinese miners ⓘ European miners ⓘ
opponent	Chinese miners ⓘ
opposedBy	colonial authorities ⓘ some missionaries and church leaders ⓘ
partOf	anti-Chinese movement in Australia ⓘ history of Chinese Australians ⓘ history of New South Wales ⓘ
perpetrator	European gold miners ⓘ
significantEvent	assaults on Chinese miners ⓘ destruction of Chinese camps ⓘ expulsion of Chinese miners from claims ⓘ
startTime	1860 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Young, New South Wales → historicalEvent → Lambing Flat anti-Chinese riots ⓘ

Lambing Flat Folk Museum → focusesOn → Lambing Flat anti-Chinese riots ⓘ