Occupy Sydney

Occupy Sydney
Part of the "Occupy" protests
Crowds gathered in Martin Place for Occupy Sydney, October 2011
Date	15 October 2011 – 2013
Location	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Caused by	Economic inequality, corporate influence over government, housing affordability inter alia
Methods	Demonstration, occupation, protest, street protesters
Number
Up to 3,000 at peak[1] (100 sleeping at peak)
Judicial response
Arrested	91
Charged	45
Fined	45 (30 for breaching local government acts)

Occupy Sydney was a social movement and protest as part of the global Occupy movements, in Sydney, Australia. The occupation began on 15 October 2011 outside the Reserve Bank of Australia in Martin Place.^[1] The Martin Place occupation was first evicted by NSW Police on 23 October 2011.^[2] This eviction and later police action was named Operation Goulding. Another eviction attempt occurred on 2 February 2012. The protest site was removed five times in early July 2013, only to re-establish itself each time within hours.