1980 St. Pauls riot the "Western Daily Press". 16 of those arrested were prosecuted for riot, but all were either acquitted, had the charges dropped or were discharged after the jury failed to reach a verdict. Copycat riots in Southmead, a predominately white working-class council estate, occurred soon after the St Pauls disturbance. Later commentators suggested that poverty and the sus laws were more important causes of the riots than race. The House of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee held a session in Bristol and Home Secretary William Whitelaw came to the city to hold meetings with the local authorities and representatives of the
St Pauls Uniting Church, Mackay St Pauls Uniting Church, Mackay St Pauls Uniting Church is a heritage-listed church at 21 MacAlister Street, Mackay, Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Walter Carey Voller and built from 1898 to 1918. It is also known as St Pauls Presbyterian Church. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 August 1992. The church is a large single-storeyed timber building which was opened as St Paul's Presbyterian church in 1898. The Presbyterian congregation in Mackay was established in 1872. The first church was erected in 1875 and the manse was built three years later. Following the