The 2005 Cronulla Riots involved five thousand Anglo Australians
converging upon North Cronulla Beach to "reclaim" the
strip of sand. And the "Aussie pride" protesters began
randomly attacking people of Middle Eastern appearance, who were
supposedly trying to "take over".
By the time Party of Freedom held a
ten year anniversary barbeque at the site of the riots,
organised white nationalist groups had become a commonplace feature
of the Australian national discourse, with groups like Reclaim
Australia and the United Patriots Front having a visible
on-the-street profile.
Although, the number of white nationalists who fronted up to the
Cronulla Riots anniversary event were far outnumbered by the
presence of Antifa: the antifascist movement opposed to the
racially-motivated far-right hate groups.
