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Greenhills Beach, New South Wales

Suburbs of SydneySutherland ShireUse Australian English from February 2015
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Greenhills Beach is a beachside suburb, in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia in the local government area of Sutherland Shire. Nearby are countless bike tracks, Cronulla Sand Dunes, Greenhills Beach and Wanda Park.

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Greenhills Beach, New South Wales
Torquay Street, Sydney Greenhills Beach

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N -34.034689 ° E 151.1646 °
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Torquay Street
2230 Sydney, Greenhills Beach
New South Wales, Australia
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2005 Cronulla riots
2005 Cronulla riots

The 2005 Cronulla riots were a race riot in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It began in the beachside suburb of Cronulla on 11 December, and spread over to additional suburbs the next few nights. The riots were triggered by an event the previous Sunday, when an altercation turned physical between a group of youths of Middle Eastern appearance (referred to as "Lebanese" or "Lebs" by their opponents) and White Australian lifeguards on the beach. Following the reporting of this event by the tabloid media and "shock jocks" on local radio, a racially motivated gathering was organised via chain texting for the following weekend. A crowd gathered at Cronulla on the morning of Sunday, 11 December, and, by midday, approximately 5,000 people had gathered near the beach. The police eventually intervened. Violence spread to other southern suburbs of Sydney, where assaults occurred, including two stabbings and attacks on ambulances and police officers. Travel warnings for Australia were issued by some countries but were later removed. The riots were widely condemned by local, state, and federal members of parliament, police, local community leaders, and residents of Cronulla and adjacent areas. An abnormally large number of arrests were made over the subsequent months thanks to a giant police effort, from both the initial riot on 11 December and the retaliations over the subsequent nights. Some media were criticised and well-known radio personality Alan Jones was formally censured and fined for his inflammatory broadcasts during that week.