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Before 1770
Aboriginal societies established over the full breadth of Australia based on equity and consensus with defined rights and responsibilities. -
1824
In Tasmania, settlers are authorised to shoot Indigenous Australians. Martial law is declared in Bathurst NSW after Indigenous Australians becomes a serious threat to white settlement -
1830
Tasmanian Indigenous Australians are forcibly settled on Flinders Island. Conditions are appalling and many die. Later the community is moved to Cape Barren Island -
1788
British occupation of Australia begins. Estimates put the Indigenous population at 750 000. Aboriginal resistance is immediate. Clashes are reported over next 10 years in Parramatta and Hawkesbury districts. The British Government's act of possession legislates Indigenous Australians as British subjects and marks the acquisition of sovereignty over Indigenous Australia