Uncontrolled Youth in Asia Newcastle West, New South Wales, Australia
By Team737 on 13-Apr-19. Waypoint GA13752

Cache Details

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Type:	Virtual
Container:	Virtual
Coordinates:	S32° 55.684' E151° 45.976' (WGS 84)
	56H 384652E 6356012N (UTM)
Elevation:	11 m
Local Government Area:	Newcastle City

Map

Whodunit Terrain

Description

The site of one of the largest riots in Australian history.

Immortalised in the Cold Chisel classic song 'Star Hotel', the imminent, sudden closure of this popular bar and live music venue resulted in a riot. The Star Hotel riot became one of the largest this country has ever seen, with 4000 people violently clashing with police in King Street on 19 September 1979.

The Star's final night featured live music and free beer. It has been reported that at 10pm the police interrupted the band in the middle of a song and demanded that everyone leave immediately, creating a hostile reaction. As the patrons began leaving, confrontations began with a small contingent of police, which escalated into throwing of missiles, arrests, injuries and the burning of cars over the following two hours.

To log this virtual cache, please visit the published coordinates, and include a photo of yourself and/or your GPS with the facade of the Star in the background.

All last night we were learning
Drank our cheques by the bar
Somewhere bridges were burning
As the walls came down at the Star
Squad cars fanned the insanity
News teams fought through the crowd
Spent last night under custody
And the sun found me on the road........

Logs

05-Jan-22

BigMatDozer

Found on a trip around this part of Newcastle after visiting the dinosaurs at the local museum. This one was a bit tricky to get to as we ended up on the wrong side of a split road on our first walk by. We came back near the end of the day in the car. Quite tricky to find a road across once you are heading inland.

16-Apr-21

LuckyL10n

#GA5261 - 08:30; Last day in Newcastle, so headed out to knock a few more of the caches around the CBD. Finished off an Adventure Lab, then headed here to grab a snap for this cache. I've had a quiet one inside on one or two occasions many moons ago! TFTC Team737 Very Happy

Rated: for Overall Experience

13-Jul-20

Flintstone's

Visiting Newcastle once again and finally attending tk thr local GCA caches after all GC caches had been found over the years. This was on eof the finds we made. Thanks to the CO for the cache!

19-Mar-20

MajuraHathi

Have been a regular visitor to an apartment complex nearby on many occasions over the last couple of years and finally today I was able to swing by and visit the Star Hotel. Celebrated in one of the all time great classics from seminal Aussie rock bands Cold Chisel. Thankyou Team737 for the opportunity to record a find by coming here to your virtual.
Cheers
MajuraHathi, ACT

Rated: for Overall Experience