Quote Originally Posted by BornInDroopSt'54 View Post
Haha. Considering it's Australia Day, I wonder if the cops read out the act at Eureka. Bulldogtragic might know, with respect, very different times.
The riot act wasn't read at Eureka but Martial Law was imposed afterwards. The cops and the troopers went so off tap that around 8am the second in command of the British forces Captain Charles Pasley, was so sickened by the carnage he threatened to shoot any police or soldiers who continued with the slaughter.