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Pre-Invasion
Before the invasion the state now known as victoria had 38 different aboriginal language groups there, they lived here longer than 60,000 -
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kulin timespan
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New South Wales
The british colony of NSW is established -
Resistance
Pemulwuy leads Aboriginal resistance to the Sydney area -
Tasmanian Aboriginals
Tasmainian Aboriginals are killed at risdon cove -
Survivors
the remaining 203 Tasmanian Aboriginal survivors are transferred to flinders island in the Bass strait -
1834-1835
The first Europeans colonised Victoria and claimed parts of the land as their own. Edward Henty and his father Thomas squatted in the Western District in 1834 with no prior permission from the Colonial Government or Indigenous clans. In 1835, John Batman claimed to have signed treaties with representatives of the Kulin Nations that gave him ownership of large areas of the Port Phillip District. The Colonial Government rejected his treaty claim outright as they did not recognise prior Aboriginal -
1836-1838
The British Government, concerned with the effects of colonisation on the Indigenous people of all British settlements, appointed a Select Committee whose findings ultimately led to the establishment of the Aboriginal Protectorate of the Port Phillip District. In 1838, George Augustus Robinson was appointed the first Chief Protector due to his success at moving the surviving Indigenous Tasmanians off their homelands and onto Flinders Island. -
Massacre
The myall creek massacre takes place in NSW -
1860
A Central Board to Watch Over the Interests of the Aboriginal People in the Colony of Victoria was established. It would continue, in various forms, to control every aspect of Indigenous people’s lives in this state for the next hundred years. The Board was comprised of male pastoralists, philanthropists, government and church officials -
Cricket team
An Aboriginal cricket team tours england -
1886
The Victorian Colonial Government passed an amended Act to Provide for the Protection and Management of the Aboriginal Natives of Victoria that stated that only ‘full-blood’ Aboriginal people and ‘half-caste’ Aboriginal people over the age of 34 were entitled to government assistance on Aboriginal reserves. The Government implemented the Act in January 1890 with the purpose of eventually closing down all missions and reserves in the state. The Act resulted in many Aboriginal people and families -
Aboriginal resistance
Resistance continues in the Kimberly region -
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kulin nation
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Immigration Restriction act
The commonwealth Parliament passes thr immigration act -
1957
An Act of State Parliament replaced the Board, then known as the Board for the Protection of Aborigines, with the Aborigines Welfare Board. The role of this body was to advocate a policy of assimilation, merging Koorie individuals, families and identity into the broader Australian society. This policy shift threatened the closure of the two remaining reserve sites, Framlingham and Lake Tyers. -
1995
The Indigenous Land Corporation was established as a Commonwealth statutory authority to assist Indigenous peoples in Australia to acquire land and to manage Indigenous-held land in a sustainable way to provide cultural, social, economic or environmental benefits for themselves and for future generations. This fund has assisted with the purchase of land that has historical significance to Koorie communities in Victoria including Coranderrk. -
Kevin rudd apology
On the 13th of feburary Kevin Rudd made a historic apology to the first australians (aboriginals) for the 'stolen generation'