On 16 December 1929 , New South Wales Police drew Motion their revolvers and shot Use_firearm into a crowd of locked-out miners in the New South Wales town of Rothbury in Australia , killing Killing a 29-year-old miner , Norman Brown , and injuring Bodily_harm approximately forty-five miners .

The incident Attack became Becoming known as the Rothbury affair or the Rothbury riot Attack , and is described Statement as the `` bloodiest event in national industrial history . ''

The incident Attack became Becoming known as the Rothbury affair or the Rothbury riot Attack , and is described Statement as the `` bloodiest event in national industrial history . ''

On 16 December 1929 about 5,000 miners demonstrated Protest against the introduction of non-union labour into the Rothbury mine by the conservative Bavin government , which had taken over Change_of_leadership the colliery .

The Rothbury mine finally closed in 1974 .

A monument in honour of Norman Brown is located at North Rothbury .

The word Rothbury has been trademarked Sign_agreement by the Fosters Group .

After a sighting Perception_active on the night of 5 July in an armed Bearing_arms robbery at Seaton Delaval , on 6 July it was announced Expressing_publicly that Moat was believed Know to be in Rothbury .

The police manhunt remained Temporary_stay focused there with several further suspected sightings Perception_active , until the final Process_end confrontation Hostile_encounter at Riverside , Rothbury .