- Title
- Unusual display of armed men marching through our street at dead of night
- Description
The government sent military and police forces to Ballarat to quell the disturbances perpetrated by a growing number of dissatisfied diggers.
- Date
- 28 November 1854
- Published Source
- Australian National Dictionary Centre, The Gold Rushes and Australian English: a resource for researchers, teachers and students, Australian National University, 2005, http://www.anu.edu.au/andc/res/aus_words/gold/index.php. Details.
- Rights
- This material is provided by the Australian National Dictionary Centre, a joint project of the Australian National University and Oxford University Press Australia.