Aboriginal History

By mellanie96
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    Aboriginal History

  • The Hawkesbury and Nepean Wars.

    Aboriginal poeple raid stations and assult sheep and cattle because of the growing nmber of colonists occupied more and more land. They used firesticks to set the bush on fire, destoying buildings and burning crops.

  • The Richmond Hill Battle

    The Richmond Hill Battle is the first recorded battle between the Aboriginal people defending their country against the British.

  • Bungaree

    Bungaree is the first Aboriginal person to circumnavigate Australia as a member of Matthew Flinders' historic journey of exploration.

  • William Moree

    William Moree orders to open fire at Risdon Cove, Tasmania on a group of about 200 Aborigina people who are out hunting. About 30-60 Aboriginal people were killed.

  • Blue Mountains

    Colonists assited by Aboriginal people cross the Bule Mountains and create new hostilities as they pass through Aboriginal Lands.

  • Contolling Movement.

    Macquarie announces a set of regulations controlling the movement of Aboriginal people. No Aboriginal person is to appear armed within a mile of any settlement and no more than six aborignial people are allowed to lurk or loiter near farms.

  • Massacre at Bathurst

    Martial law is proclaimed in the Bathurst area when seven Europeans are killed by Aboriginal people and conflict wit hthem is seen as a serious threat. Soldiers and policemen attacked the Aborginal people and as many as 10 people were killed in a Massacre at Bathurst.

  • 'Black Line'

    Governor Authur tries unseccessfully to drive all the remaining aborginal people in eastern Australia on to the Tasman Peninsula. 2,200 men form a 'Black line'. It cost 5,00 pounds (1.2 million AUD) and only two Aboriginal people were caught.

  • Battle of Pinjarra

    Governor Stiriling leads a party of men to a site near present day Pinjarra, on the Swan river and attacks 80 Aboriginal people. This became known as the Battle of Pinjarra. It was an attempt to punish Aboriginal people south of perth, after conflict with settlers caused the death of a settler in April.

  • Slaughterhouse creek

    Major Nunn's campaign, police and European volunteers set out in response to onflict on te liverpool plains, north central NSW. At vinegar hill, a site on Slaughterhouse Creek, 60-70 Aboriginal people are reported killed. The only European casualty is a corpral who got speared in the leg.

  • Battle of One Tree Hill

    Aboriginal landowners of the Jagera people block key supply routed to the Darling Downs, white settlers attack them in the Battle of One Tree Hill in the Lockyer Valley.

  • Emerald Queensland

    Aboriginal people kill 19 settlers near Emerald, Queensland. About 170 Aboriginal people are killed in reprisal.

  • Kalkadoon Wars

    The Kalkadoon Wars in Queensland last from 1970 to 1890. About 900 Kalkadoon people are killed as the yfight to protect their land. The war culminates in the battle of the Battle Mountain in 1884.

  • School at Yass

    White parents object to about 16 Aboriginal children attending a public school at Yass. The minister for Education, George Reid, stops the children from ateeniding school stating that although in genreal creed or colour should not exclude a chile "cases may arise, especially amoungst the Aboriginal tribes, where the admission of a child or children may be prejudicial to the whole school".

  • Aboriginal Protection and Restiction of the sale of Opium Act (QLD)

    The Aboriginal Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act allows the 'Chief Protector' to remove local Aboriginal people onto and between reserves and hold children in dormitories.

  • The South Australian Aboriginies Act

    The South Australian Aborigines Act makes the Chief Protector the legal guardian of every Aboriginal and 'half-caste' child under 21 years old. The Chief Protector also has control of where the child lives. The Chief Protector is replaced by the Aborigines Protection Board in 1939 and guardianship power is repealed in 1962.

  • Aboriginal Population

    Aboriginal population is estimated to be at its lowest at 60,000 - 70,000. It is widely believed to be a 'dying race'. Most Australians have no contact with Aboriginal people due to segregation and social conventions.

  • Conniston Massacre

    Conniston Massacre in the Northern Territory. Europeans shoot 32 Aboriginal people after a European dingo trapper and a station owner are attacked by them.
    A court of inquiry rules the Europeans' action 'justified'. Aboriginal people are refused legal aid by the federal government.

  • Aborigines Act

    Under the Aborigines Act, Aboriginal people can apply to 'cease being Aboriginal' and have access to the same rights as 'whites'.

  • Day of Mourning

    150 years after European occupation the Aboriginal Progressive Association declares a Day of Mourning. An Aboriginal conference is held in Sydney. These are the first of many Aboriginal protests against inequality, injustice, dispossession of land and protectionist policies.

  • Reconnaissance Unit

    Darwin is bombed by the Japanese. In Arnhem Land, Aboriginal people make up a special reconnaissance unit in defence of Australia. Northern Territory Aboriginal missions are evacuated. Many Aboriginal people evacuated after the bombing are transferred to 'control camps' in Victoria, South Australia or New South Wales and some never return.

  • Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines

    Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines is established. The title is changed in 1964 to Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders.

  • Commonwealth Electoral Act

    The Commonwealth Electoral Act is amended to give franchise to all Aboriginal people, extending the right to vote to Aboriginal people in Western Australia, Queensland and the Northern Territory

  • Aboriginal Tent Embassy

    The 'Aboriginal Tent Embassy' is pitched outside Parliament House in Canberra, demonstrating for land rights.

  • Racial Discrimination Act

    Racial Discrimination Act is passed in the Federal Parliament. The Australian Senate unanimously endorses a resolution put up by Senator Neville Bonner acknowledging prior ownership of this country and seeking compensation for their dispossesion.

  • Commonwealth Games

    Queensland Aboriginal people protest at the Commonwealth Games.

  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission

    Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) is established as main Commonwealth agency in Indigenous affairs

  • Vogue

    In a first for Vogue, Aboriginal model Elaine George of Brisbane becomes the cover girl for the September issue of Vogue Australia 1993, leading to a career as an international model. Elaine was discovered as a 17 year old at Dreamworld, a Gold Coast amusement park.

  • Cathy Freeman

    Aboriginal sprinter Cathy Freeman wins a silver medal in the 400 metres run at the Atlanta Olympics, USA, and Nova Peris-Kneebone becomes the first Aboriginal person to win a gold medal.

  • Aboriginal Tent Embassy

    An Aboriginal Tent Embassy is set up in Sydney during the Olympic period to attract world media attention to Australian Indigenous issues.

  • Cathy Freeman

    Cathy Freeman wins gold in the women's 400m at the Sydney 2000 Olympics. The opening and closing ceremonies celebrated Indigenous cultural identity and history and provided some deft political comment on contemporary Indigenous issues

  • Aboriginal Tent Embassy

    The Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra celebrates its 40th anniversary. An incident where the Prime Minister was disturbed by around 50 protesters outside a restaurant makes security guards drag her hurriedly into a car. She loses a shoe, gaining her the nickname 'Gingerella' (alluding to Cinderella and PM Julia Gillard's red hair). Media reports grossly exaggerate the events