List of conflicts in Australia explained

uList 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.

18th century

• 1788: Bloody Point^{[1] [2]}
• 1790–1800: Sydney Cove War^[3]
• 1790–1816: Hawkesbury and Nepean Wars
  • 1790–1802: Pemulwuy's War
    • 1794: Battle of Toongabbie
    • 1795: Battle of Richmond Hill
    • 1797: Battle of Parramatta
  • 1799–1805: Black Wars^{[4] [5] [6]}
  • 1802–1810: Tedbury's War
    • 1809: Battle of Bond's Farm
  • 1814–1816: Hawkesbury Nepean War
    • 1816: Battle of Appin
    • 1816: Battle of the Nepean
    • 1816: Nepean Campaign

19th century

• 1804: Castle Hill convict rebellion (also called Battle of Vinegar Hill)
• 1808–1810: Rum Rebellion
• 1816: Appin massacre
• 1816: Battle at Razorback
• 1821–1827: Bathurst Wars
• 1818: Minnamurra River massacre
• 1824: Bathurst War
  • 1824: Battle of Bathurst/Wiradjuri War
• 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
• 1830s: Warrowen massacre
• 1830: Bathurst Rebellion
• 1830–1850: The Port Phillip District Wars
  • 1833 or 1834: Convincing Ground massacre
  • 1836: Mount Cottrell massacre
  • 1838: Battle of Broken River
  • 1839: Campaspe Plains massacre
  • 1839: Blood Hole massacre
  • 1840–1850: Gippsland massacres
• 1831–1833: Yagan Resistance
• 1834: 1834 Norfolk Island Convict Rebellion
• 1834–1849 or 1860s: The Eumeralla Wars
• 1834: Battle of Pinjarra
• 1836: Mount Dispersion massacre
• 1838: The Waterloo Plains massacre
• 1838: Waterloo Creek massacre
• 1838–1841: Wiradjuri Wars^[7]
• 1838: Myall Creek massacre
• 1838: Waterloo Plains massacre
• 1839: Murdering Gully massacre
• 1840: Battle of Yering
• 1840: Fighting Hills massacre
• 1840: Fighting Waterholes massacre
• 1840: Shipwreck survivors of the Maria massacred
• 1841: Wonnerup massacre
• 1841: The Rufus River massacre
• 1842–1852: Mandandanji Land War^[7]
• 1842: 1842 Norfolk Island Convict Rebellion
  • 1842: Pelican Creek tragedy 1842: Evans Head massacre
  • 1843: Warrigal Creek massacre 1843: Battle of One Tree Hill (also called Battle of Meewah)
  • 1843–1855: War of Southern Queensland 1844–1845: Port Augusta War^[7]
• 1840–1850: Gippsland massacres
• 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
  • 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
• 1859: Hospital Creek Massacre
• 1860–1861: Lambing Flat Riots
• 1861: Battle of Yindurupilly
• 1861: Cullin-La-Ringo massacre
• 1864: Battle of the Mitchell
• 1865: La Grange expedition
• 1867: Goulbolba Hill massacre
• 1868: Flying Foam Massacre
• 1869: Battle of Minderoo
• 1870–1890: Kalkadoon Wars
  • 1884: Battle of Battle Mountain
• 1873: Battle Camp massacre
• 1874–1875: Blackfellow's Creek massacre
• 1874: Barrow Creek massacre
• 1875: Massacre of Running Waters
• 1877 'Showdown on the Bridge' in Branxholm
• 1879: Cape Bedford massacre
  • 1880s: Koonchera Point massacre 1880s–1890s: Arnhem Wars
• 1890: Speewah massacre
• 1891: Australian shearers' strike
• 1894–1897: Jandamarra Guerilla War

20th century

• 1901: The Battle of Racecourse Hill^[8]
• 1911: Gan Gan massacre
• 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
• 1919: HMAS Australia mutiny
• 1920: Broome race riots
• 1922: Sturt Creek massacre
• 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

• 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
    • 1942: Attack on the Dureenbee
    • 1943: Shelling of Port Gregory
    • 1943: Sinking of AHS Centaur
    • 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
• 1979: Star Hotel riot
• 1984: Milperra massacre
• 1987: Brewarrina riot
• 1988: Fremantle Prison riot
• 1989: Four Clubs–Mongrel Mob War
• 1996: Parliament House riot

21st century

• 2004: Redfern riots
• 2005: Cronulla riots
• 2005: Macquarie Fields riots
• 2012: Sydney anti-Islam film protests
• 2020: COVID-19 protests in Australia

See also

• Military history of Australia
• History of Australia
• Australian frontier wars
• List of massacres of Indigenous Australians

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gapps . Stephen . 2019-03-11 . Finding Bloody Point . 2023-04-15 . The Sydney Wars . en.
2. Web site: Gapps . Stephen . 2019-06-07 . Joggers pass the murder site that speaks to Sydney's truth . 2023-04-15 . The Sydney Morning Herald . en.
3. Web site: cnet . Australian Frontier Conflicts – Timeline . 2023-04-15 . Australian Frontier Conflicts . en-AU.
4. Web site: cnet . Australian Frontier Conflicts – Timeline . 2023-04-15 . Australian Frontier Conflicts . en-AU.
5. Book: Nichols, Michelle . Pictorial History Hawkesbury Shire . Kingsclear Books Pty Ltd . 2004 . 9780908272785 . revised and reprinted 2005 . Sydney, Australia . 43.
6. Web site: 2023-04-15 . Dreaming on the Riverfarm - Stories from the Hawkesbury Chapter Four: The impact of settlement . 2023-04-15 . www.westernsydney.edu.au . Western Sydney University . en.
7. Web site: cnet . Australian Frontier Conflicts – Timeline . 2022-08-05 . Australian Frontier Conflicts . en-AU.
8. News: 1901-03-04 . The Battle of Racecourse Hill. An Aboriginal Tourney Over an Abduction. Honors Divided . 2 . . 2023-07-08.