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The first permanent British settlers reach Australia.
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Sir Richard Bourke, Governor of NSW, publishes a doctrine implementing 'terra nullius' in Australian settlement.
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28 Indigenous Australians are murdered in New South Wales. Unlike other killings frequent to the outback, 7 of the 10 known killers were executed for their crime.
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Aboriginal Tasmanians send a petition the Queen regarding their home of Flinder's Island. This petition was the first of many (often unsuccessful) communications between Aboriginal people and the Crown.
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This act, passed in NSW, resulted in relocation of Indigenous Australians for their 'protection.'
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Following the murder of a white man in Western Australia, a police investigation escalated into the unwarranted murder of at least 31 Indiginous Australians. This was the last large scale massacre in the outback and a turning point in the fight for Aboriginal Rights.
