SYDNEY, June 7 (AFP): Scores of Indian students marched through central Sydney Sunday to protest recent attacks that have generated outrage on the subcontinent and become a diplomatic headache for Australia.

About 200 students chanting "end racist violence now" made their way through the city, following a wave of assaults on students that Indian media have dubbed "curry bashings," with headlines such as "Australia, land of racists."

"We stand with international students with all the many issues that they face, including violence, which is getting very serious," protester Rashmi Kumar told commercial radio.

"We are also trying to raise the message about the reasons why this violence is occurring and why international students, in particular, are being victimised."