List of conflicts in Australia
List of conflicts in Australia is a timeline of events that includes wars, battles, rebellions, skirmishes, massacres, riots, and other related events that have occurred in the country of Australia's current geographical area, both before and after federation.
Conflicts fought between Indigenous Australians and European settlers are known collectively by some historians as the Australian frontier wars.
17th century
- 1629: The Dutch East India Company sailing ship Batavia struck a reef near Beacon Island off the Western Australian coast. A subsequent mutiny and massacre took place among the survivors.
The hangings on Long Island as illustrated in the Lucas de Vries 1649 edition of Ongeluckige Voyagie
18th century
- 1790–1816: Hawkesbury and Nepean Wars
- 1790–1802: Pemulwuy's War
- 1795: Battle of Richmond Hill
- 1797: Battle of Parramatta
- 1804–1805:Tedbury's War
19th century
- 1804: Castle Hill convict rebellion
- 1808–1810: Rum Rebellion
- 1816: Appin massacre
- 1821–1827: Bathurst Wars
- 1818: Minnamurra River massacre
- 1824: Bathurst War
Mounted police engaging Indigenous Australians during the Slaughterhouse Creek massacre of 1838 - 1826: 1826 Norfolk Island Convict Rebellion
- 1827–1828: Corn Field Raids of 1827-1828
- 1828: Cape Grim massacre
- 1828–1832: Black War
- 1829: Cyprus mutiny
- 1830s–1840s: Wiradjuri Wars
- 1830: Bathurst Rebellion
- 1830–1850: The Port Phillip District Wars
- 1831–1833: Yagan Resistance
- 1833 or 1834: Convincing Ground massacre
- 1834: 1834 Norfolk Island Convict Rebellion
- 1834–1849 or 1860s: The Eumeralla Wars
- 1834: Battle of Pinjarra
- 1836: Mount Dispersion massacre
- 1836: Mount Cottrell massacre
- 1838: The Mount Cottrell massacre
- 1838: The Waterloo Plains massacre
- 1838: Waterloo Creek massacre
- 1838–1841: Wiradjuri Wars[1]
- 1838: Myall Creek massacre
- 1838: Battle of Broken River
- 1838: Waterloo Plains massacre
- 1839: Murdering Gully massacre
- 1839: Campaspe Plains massacre
- 1839: Blood Hole massacre
- 1840: Battle of Yering
- 1840: Fighting Hills massacre
- 1840: Fighting Waterholes massacre
- 1841: The Rufus River massacre
- 1842–1852: Mandandanji Land War[1]
- 1842: 1842 Norfolk Island Convict Rebellion
- 1842: Pelican Creek tragedy
- 1842: Evans Head massacre
- 1843: Warrigal Creek massacre
- 1843: Battle of One Tree Hill
- 1843–1855: War of Southern Queensland
- 1844–1845: Port Augusta War[1]
- 1840–1850: Gippsland massacres
A group of Indigenous Australians attacking a shepherds hut - 1845: Darkey Flat Massacre
- 1846: Cooking Pot Uprising
- 1846: Blanket Bay massacre
- 1848: Avenue Range Station massacre
- 1849: Waterloo Bay massacre
- 1851–1854: Eureka Rebellion
Eureka Stockade Riot. J. B. Henderson (1854) watercolour- 1851: Forest Creek Monster Meeting
- 1853: Anti-Gold Licence Association
- 1853: Bendigo Petition
- 1854: Ballarat Reform League
- 1854: Battle of Eureka Stockade
- 1853: East Ballina massacre
- 1857: Hornet Bank massacre
- 1857: Buckland riot
- 1857–1858: Massacre of the Yeeman
- 1860–1861: Lambing Flat Riots
- 1861: Battle of Yindurupilly
- 1861: Cullin-La-Ringo massacre
- 1865: La Grange expedition
- 1867: Goulbolba Hill massacre
- 1868: Flying Foam Massacre
- 1870–1890: Kalkadoon Wars
- 1873: Battle Camp massacre
- 1874–1875: Blackfellow's Creek massacre
A painting depicting the Castle Hill convict rebellion - 1874: Barrow Creek massacre
- 1877 'Showdown on the Bridge' in Branxholm
- 1879: Cape Bedford massacre
- 1880s: Koonchera Point massacre
- 1884: Battle of Battle Mountain
- 1880s–1890s: Arnhem Wars
- 1890: Speewah massacre
- 1891: Australian shearers' strike
- 1894–1897: Jandamarra Guerilla War
20th century
- 1914–1918: First World War
- 1914: Battle of Cocos
- 1915: Battle of Broken Hill
- 1915: Mistake Creek massacre
- 1916: Mowla Bluff massacre
- 1916: Liverpool riot
- 1917: Raid on the Queensland Government Printing Office
- 1918: Darwin rebellion
- 1919: Red Flag riots
- 1919: Battle of the Barricades
- 1920: Broome race riots
- 1923: Victorian Police strike
- 1924: Bedford Downs massacre
- 1926: Forrest River massacre
- 1928: Coniston massacre
- 1929: Rothbury riot
- 1932: Emu war
- 1932–1934: Caledon Bay crisis
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A propaganda poster calling for Australians to avenge the sinking of Centaur
- 1939–1945: Second World War
- Axis naval activity in Australian waters
- 1941: Sinking of HMAS Sydney
- 1942: Attack on Sydney Harbour
- 1942: Shelling of Newcastle
- 1943: Shelling of Port Gregory
- 1943: Convoy GP55
- 1944: German submarine U-862
- Air raids on Australia, 1942–43
- 1942–1945: North Western Area Campaign
- 1942: Bombing of Darwin
- 1942: Attack on Broome
- 1942: Koolama
- 1943: Raid on Darwin (2 May 1943)
- 1942: Townsville mutiny
- 1942: Battle of Brisbane
- 1944: Cowra Breakout
- Axis naval activity in Australian waters
- 1979: Star Hotel riot
- 1984: Milperra massacre
- 1987: Brewarrina riot
- 1988: Fremantle Prison riot
- 1996: Parliament House riot
21st century
- 2004: Redfern riots
- 2005: Cronulla riots
- 2005: Macquarie Fields riots
- 2012: Sydney anti-Islam film protests
See also
References
- cnet. "Australian Frontier Conflicts – Timeline". Australian Frontier Conflicts. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
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