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coniston massacre
The Coniston massacre, which took place near the Coniston cattle station in the then Territory of Central Australia (now the Northern Territory) from 14 August to 18 October 1928, was the last known officially sanctioned massacre of Indigenous Australians,. The massacre occurred in revenge for the death of dingo hunter Frederick Brooks, killed by Aboriginal people in August 1928 at a place now known as Yukurru, also known as Brooks Soak. -
hope forest massacre
Clifford Cecil Bartholomew a 40yr old shot his wife Heather, their seven children, as well as his wife’s sister and her son with a.22-caliber rifle. after shooting wife in bed, left rifle near bedroom shot her in head, saw daughter Christine near bedroom, begging not to shoot, hit her with mallet, shot all of the children at close range in head, knocked son out with mallet,on September 6, 1971. He was afterwards arrested and sentenced to death on November 23 but got parole dec 10 1979 -
stratfield massacre
33-year-old Frankum went to Strathfield shopping mall in the West Sydney. He sat in a café Frankum pulled a large knife and repeatedly stabbed one of two girls Leaving the knife in the body of the girl, he pulled a Chinese-made SKS semi-automatic rifle out and shot around the mall , killing 7 more people Frankum ran into a car park and held a car owner at gunpoint police arrive on the scene Upon hearing siren he apoligised to the woman and suicide shot himself in the head. -
port Athure massacre
The Port Arthur massacre happened on the 28–29 April 1996 it was a mass shooting were 35 people were killed and 23 wounded in Port Arthur, Tasmania. The murderer, Martin Bryant, had a subnormal IQ He pleaded guilty for the incident and was given 35 life sentences without possibility of parole. It is the deadliest mass shooting in Australian history. changes of gun laws within Australia followed the incident.