Rothbury, New South Wales
- Rothbury, New South Wales
Rothbury is a small town located in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales, Australia. It is 10 km from Cessnock.
The town became notorious for the Rothbury Riot when police shot into a crowd of miners killing Norman Brown and injuring many more, during a lockout of miners at the local colliery on December 16, 1929. A monument in honour of Norman Brown is located at North Rothbury.[ [http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/lab/84/clifford.html Clifford, Michael, "Struggles, Scabs and Schooners: a Labour History Tour with a Pint"] "Labour History" No. 84, May 2003. Accessed 2 July 2006] ]References
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
North Rothbury, New South Wales — North Rothbury is a small town located in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales, Australia. It is 19 km from Cessnock. The town is home to a small population of the critically endangered North Rothbury Persoonia (Persoonia pauciflora) … Wikipedia
Cessnock, New South Wales — Cessnock New South Wales Cessnock, New South Wales … Wikipedia
Nulkaba, New South Wales — Nulkaba Cessnock, New South Wales … Wikipedia
Milbrodale, New South Wales — Main figure, Baiame Cave Milbrodale is a village in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales, Australia. It is located in the Local Government Area of Singleton Shire Council. Contents 1 … Wikipedia
Mulbring, New South Wales — Mulbring, NSW Mulbring is a village in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. In 2006 Mulbring had a population of 316, which included part of Mount Vincent.[1] The village is situated about 10 kilometres south of Kurri Kurri and about… … Wikipedia
Pokolbin, New South Wales — Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb name = Pokolbin city = Maitland state = nsw caption = Sunset over a Pokolbin Vineyard lga = Cessnock City Council postcode = 2320 pop = 625 (2006 census) area = est = 1800s parish = propval = $320,000… … Wikipedia
Branxton, New South Wales — Branxton is a town in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales, Australia. It is mostly in Cessnock City Council, but part of it is in Singleton Shire. Together with nearby Greta, it had a population of 3,805 in 2001.Branxton is a busy service … Wikipedia
Mount Sugarloaf (New South Wales) — Mount Sugarloaf Mount Sugarloaf viewed from West Wallsend Elevation … Wikipedia
Jerrys Plains, New South Wales — Jerrys Plains is a village in the Hunter Valley in New South Wales, Australia about 33 kilometres west of Singleton on the Golden Highway. The surrounding countryside is home to some substantial horse breeding properties, notably the Australian… … Wikipedia
Northumberland County, New South Wales — Map of all coordinates from Google Map of all coordinates from Bing Export all coordinates as KML … Wikipedia
