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Frog's Hollow

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were formed which organised many Anti-Chinese demonstrations to persuade the government to cease immigration from China. On Saturday 5 May 1888, one such demonstration in Brisbane, fuelled by alcohol, turned into a riot, where the mob of an estimated 2000 people attacked Chinese homes and businesses.
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Being low-lying and swampy, with mosquitoes and periodic flooding, the area was not the most desirable part of colonial Brisbane. Being cheaper, the area attracted warehouse developments and housing and businesses catering to the lower classes. It was both the
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The riot spread to Chinese premises in other parts of Brisbane, including South Brisbane and Fortitude Valley. The police did little to quell the riot with Police Inspector Lewis saying afterwards that
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The creek is no longer visible but the approximate location of the bridge is marked by a modern sculpture at the former
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Although not formally bounded, the neighbourhood was generally regarded as being from
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could be found in Frog's Hollow giving it a bad reputation.
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A creek used to pass through this swampy area joining the
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Charlotte Street in Frog's Hollow during the 1864 flood
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Map showing creek flowing through Frog's Hollow, 1863
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Brisbane central business district
Queensland
Albert Street
Margaret Street

George Street
Edward Street
Elizabeth Street
Alice Street
Brisbane River
Alice Street
Edward Street
red light district
Chinatown
Prostitution
sly grog
opium dens

Anti-Chinese Leagues

Port Office
City Botanic Gardens
"Frog's Hollow: an important part of early industrial Brisbane"
the original
"HB Sales Building, Margaret St"



"Frog's Hollow, CBD"

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