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Dutchman Willem Janszoon makes the first documented European landing on the Australian coast.
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James Cook maps the east coast of Australia coast.
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Pemulwuy leads aboriginal resistance in the Sydney area.
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Before departing England, Phillip’s instructions of 17 April 1787 included the following: Summary: Before leaving Britain, Philip instructs the people to endevour to every possible means to open intercouse with the natives. Amongst its human cargo, the First Fleet brought with it many illnesses. Diseases indigenous to Aboriginal people appear to have been few. Dental disease was relatively rare; smallpox, influenza, measles, whooping cough, tuberculosis, leprosy and syphilis were unknown.
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Disease similar to smallpox wiped the population out. As well as an epidemic of Venereal disease introduced by the British.
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an outbreak of measles spread amongst the Eora, particularly affecting the Kamergal (Cammeraigal) who lived on Sydney Harbour’s North Shore.
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Van Diemans Land (now known as Tasmania) was settled. In 1804 settlers were authorised to ‘shoot aborigines’ in response to their resistance.
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Aborginal tasmanians are killed at Risdon cove.
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Governor Macquarie established a native institution at Parramatta to’ civilise, educate
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Governor Macquarie sends military to destroy the Darug people.
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Martial law is proclaimed in Bathurst to quell the Wiradjuri resistance to the white settlers.
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In Tasmania.
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Five thousand men lined up across the breadth of Van Diemans Land and walked the length of the island to force the Aborigines into the Tasman Peninsula. The Aborigines were forced to Flinders Island, where many died. The remainder were moved to Cape Barren Island.
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The Pinjarra massacre in Western Australia is said to have wiped out an entire tribe. The official death count was only fourteen.
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The Myall Creek Massacre in NSW the first of the massacres where (white) offenders were punished under law. 28 Aboriginal people were shot and burnt, mainly women and children.
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A treaty was made between John Batman and the Aboriginal people in 1835. There was an exchange of goods and blankets for 250,000 Ha of land. This treaty was never recognised by the authorities. (Some say that this was because the Governor would not recognise a treaty made in the absence of a declared war, others say it was because you cannot make a treaty with natives who are lower on the evolutionary ladder than you).
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At the Northern end of Port Philip bay.
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the British select committee finds that the treatment of Australian Aboriginals is very poor. A ’Protector of Aborigines’ was recommended to be appointed.
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NSW sent troopers to Queensland to ‘open the land for settlement and kill natives’.
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Victorian government introduces heavier taxation for Chinese migrants.
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Labourers from the Pacific Islands were brought to Queensland.
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The first international sporting team from Australia goes to England to play Cricket. The team was Aboriginal, it is said that the Australian side won the tour.
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By Victoria and NSW.
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In Queensland.
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Passed by the Commonwealth parliament.