The revolt in Buckland was a rebellion against workers from China, which occurred on July 4, 1857, in the goldfields of Buckland , Victoria , near modern Porepunkah . At that time, about 2000 Chinese and 700 European migrants lived in the Buckland area [1] .
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Riot
Anti-Chinese perturbations were widespread during the Victorian gold rush [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] . The most massive incident occurred on July 4, 1857, when about 100 European workers attacked Chinese settlements. The instigators of the riot had previously held a meeting at the Buckland Hotel, and immediately after the decision was made to expel all Chinese from the valley, the rebels set out to turn the plan into action. Modern newspaper reports state that the rebellion was “led by Americans“ inflamed with liqueur ”” [7] [8] [9] .
During the riots, Chinese miners were beaten and robbed, and then driven out, crossing the Buckland River . Entire camps died from their injuries, and the newly built Joss house was destroyed [1] .
The police arrested thirteen Europeans accused of unrest, but the jury acquitted all the accused to the delight of the public [1] [10] . Verdicts of the jury were later criticized in the press [11] .
One of the police officers involved in the arrests was Robert O'Hara Burke , known for the sad expedition of Burke and Wills [1] .
Implications
Chinese miners were invited to return to the Buckland Valley, but only fifty people returned [1] .
The uprising of Buckland was compared to the uprising in Eureka-Stockade in scale, but it was not remembered as such [12] .
The monument dedicated to the events in Buckland was opened in July 2007 in honor of the 150th anniversary of the unrest [12] [13] .
See also
- Victoria History
Links
- Trial coverage in The Argus .
- Report on photos of the Buckland memorial in "Activities: Buckland memorial". Chinese Australian Family Historians of Victoria. 2007 by Chris Neelima Lee.
- Photos of monument dedication, July 1, 2007, Buckland Riots. Monument Australia .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Myra Willard. History of White Australia policy to 1920 . - Routledge, 1967. - P. 24–26. - ISBN 978-0-7146-1036-8 .
- ↑ Rosemary Van den Berg. Nyoongar people of Australia: perspectives on racism and multiculturalism . - Brill Academic Publishers, 2002. - P. 114–115. - ISBN 978-90-04-12478-3 .
- ↑ James Jupp. The Australian People . - Cambridge University Press, 2002. - P. 202. - ISBN 978-0-521-80789-0 .
- ↑ Kevin Baker. Mutiny, Terrorism, Riots and Murder: A History of Sedition in Australia and New Zealand . - Rosenberg, 2006. - p. 150-151. - ISBN 978-1-877058-49-3 .
- ↑ RIOT AT THE BUCKLAND. (July 9, 1857), p. 6. Date of appeal September 8, 2011.
- ↑ CHINESE IMMIGRATION. (15-01-1857), p. 4. Date of circulation September 8, 2011.
- ↑ Elizabeth Morrison. Engines of influence: newspapers of country Victoria, 1840-1890 . - Melbourne University Press, 2005. - P. 107. - ISBN 978-0-522-85155-7 .
- ↑ The Irish metropolitan magazine . - Dublin: W. Robertson, 1858. - P. 635.
- ↑ George Fetherling. The gold crusades: a history of gold rushes, 1849-1929 . - University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division, 1997. - P. 60. - ISBN 978-0-8020-8046-2 .
- ↑ TRIAL OF THE BUCKLAND RIOTERS. (12-08-1857), p. 6. The appeal date is September 8, 2011.
- ↑ POLICE. (18-08-1857), p. 6. The appeal date is September 8, 2011.
- ↑ 1 2 Buckland Riots . Monument Australia. The appeal date is December 18, 2012.
- ↑ Activities: Buckland memorial . Chinese Australian Family Historians of Victoria. The appeal date is November 10, 2010. Archived on February 18, 2011.