Timeline of Indigenous Interaction By yousuf.1 Apr 8, 1788 Arriving--- Europeans regarded Aborigines as “noble savages” May 14, 1789 Smallpox killed half of indigenous pop around park Jackson Feb 2, 1817 Aborigines were extremely fearful of Europeans settles Jan 12, 1829 Yagan tribe lived in harmony with the Europeans, who had established a colony on the Swan River Feb 20, 1829 The british mistook the Nyungar tradition of burning the land as an act of aggression Feb 25, 1831 a Nyungar was shot while taking potatoes from a settler’s garden. Jul 17, 1833 yagn approached two shepherds he knew, asking for flour. When his back was turned, one of them, William Keats, shot him. May 20, 1835 Yagan’s head was sent to England Jun 28, 1838 12 local stockmen were on the hunt around the New South Wales town of Inverell for Indigenous people they suspected had stolen cattle. Feb 12, 1842 the Victorian Government set up a body of Native Police, made up of Indigenous troopers under the control of European officers. Nov 16, 1858 Kurnai population had reduced from 2.00 to 80. Apr 18, 1863 around 40 Indigenous people moved to live on what was then uncleared bushland at Coranderrk.