[2][3][4][5][6] This resentment manifested on 4 July 1857 when around 100 European rioters attacked Chinese settlements.
[7][8][9] During the riot Chinese miners were beaten and robbed then driven across the Buckland River.
At least three Chinese miners died reportedly of ill-health and entire encampments and a recently constructed Joss house were destroyed.
[1] Police arrested thirteen European accused rioters, however the empaneled juries acquitted all of major offences "amid the cheers of bystanders".
[1] The Buckland Riot has been compared to the Eureka Stockade uprising in size and intensity, but is not remembered such.