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                    ³What was the  'Battle of Burnett' ?³
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    In 1882, a ship called the "Devonshire" arrived in Mackay, Queensland,
where two hundred and seventy five Sri Lankans were landed. Two days later,
another two hundred and twenty five Sri Lankans disembarked at Burnett, to be
met by an angry group of "Anti-Coolie Leagures' who pelted stones at them. This
violance was met with retaliation by the Sri Lankans who drew knives to protect
themselves. This racist encounter later came to be known as the 'Battle
Burnett'.