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 .

Three shots had been fired Process_end at the police and the order Arranging to draw Motion their revolvers and fire a volley of shots over the heads Self_motion of the rioters and then into the ground .

Standard issue sidearms carried Carry_goods by most local patrol officers at the time were 9 mm pistols or .38 Special revolvers ; some patrol cars were also equipped Supply with a 12-gauge shotgun .