Indigenous Australians

First Nations people of Australia and its islands

7 dated entries naming Indigenous Australians, drawn from 7 separate years between 1802 CE and 1971 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Indigenous Australian in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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19th century

  • 1802June 2 – Indigenous Australian Pemulwuy, a leader of the resistance to European settlement of Australia, is shot dead by Henry Hacking.source
  • 1838June 10 – Myall Creek massacre: 28 Indigenous Australians are killed.source
  • 1868The Flying Foam massacre, a massacre of Indigenous Australians around Flying Foam Passage in Western Australia by white colonial settlers begins and lasts until May.source

20th century

  • 1946May 1 – At least 800 Indigenous Australian pastoral workers walk off the job in Northwest Western Australia, starting one of the longest industrial strikes in Australia.source
  • 1963March 30 – Indigenous Australians are legally allowed to drink alcohol in New South Wales.source
  • 1967May 27 – The Australian referendum, 1967 passes with an overwhelming 90% support, removing, from the Australian Constitution, 2 discriminatory sentences referring to Indigenous Australians. It signifies Australia's first step in recognising Indigenous rights.source
  • 1971June 11 – Neville Bonner becomes the first Indigenous Australian to sit in the Australian Parliament.source

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