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Remembering the Cronulla Riots, fifteen years on

A man tries to hit police with a beer bottle during the Cronulla Beach riot in 2005

A man tries to hit police with a beer bottle during the Cronulla Beach riot in 2005 Source: AAP

Fifteen years ago, around 5000 Sydneysiders engaged in a violent rally against Lebanese and Middle Eastern migration in the Cronulla Riots.



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