On 22/10/77 – there was a National anti-uranium mobilisation
Brisbane. 5000 people attend a protest rally and King George Square, 700 police were present. A March of two’s and three’s on the footpath is blocked and people are arrested. A second march is attempted as an act of defiance, with participants holding their hands in the air to make it clear that they not resisting arrest. Police violently arrest marchers.
A total of 418 people are arrested in the largest mass arrest in one day in Australian history. This was part of the longest period of mass defiance of a government in Australian history (with the exception of the Aboriginal resistance).
Sydney. 20,000 protesters assemble and marched down George Street to Hyde Park in the presence of 20 police. No arrests.
Melbourne. 10,000 protesters assemble in City Square and march to trades hall. No arrests.
Toowoomba. 250 people attending rally at East Creek Park. No arrests.
London. Protests is hold an anti-uranium demonstration outside the Australian high commission. No arrests.
Sydney 5,000 people assemble outside the town hall full stop no arrests.