Sydney Yugoslav General Trade and Tourist Agency bombing

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The Sydney Yugoslav General Trade and Tourist Agency bombing occurred in Haymarket, Sydney on 16 September 1972, injuring 16 people.[1] The perpetrators of the attack were alleged to be Croatian separatists.[2]

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Aftermath of September 1972 George St bombings in Sydney

On 16 September 1972, two bombs were detonated at Yugoslav travel agencies located in inner Sydney. The first injured 16 people, two of them were critically injured; the second bomb injured none. The bombings were alleged to be connected with the Ustaše in Australia and to the executions of Croatians with Australian passports in Yugoslavia. The New South Wales Police later raided a number of Croatian homes in Sydney.[3]

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  1. ^ Abjorensen, Norman, and James C. Docherty. Historical Dictionary of Australia. Rowman and Littlefield. 2014. Page 355.
  2. ^ Democratic Oversight of Intelligence Services. Daniel Baldino ed. Federation Press. 2010. Page 40.
  3. ^ Richards, Eric. "White Australia dismantled: the 1970s." Destination Australia: Migration to Australia Since 1901. UNSW Press. 2008. Page 265.