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Nov 12, 1000
First indigenous people of Australia
There is no exact date of when the first indigenous people of Australia arrived on Australia but it is estimated about 40000 years ago. -
Colonisation of Australia
On the 26th of January 1788, British colonies of people arrived at Botany Bay in hope of the start of a new colony and to claim what was thought as 'Un-owned Land'. Little did that know that Australia already had people living there, Aborigines. This was the beginning of an interesting time between the English and Aborigines. -
Pemulwuy leads the Eora against British Settlement
Pemulwuy was an indigenous person of Australia that lived in the Sydney area in the Eora language group. He saw the British arrival of Aboriginal land and thought that it was not right and so he organised small groups of Aboriginal warriors to attack British farms, small towns and troops. -
Smallpox spreads to the Eora and Guringai
This event that occurred in Australia broke out causing many deaths mainly from the indigenous people, as they were not immune to smallpox and so had no way of escaping it. -
Black wars
This time in Australian history was a very sad time, as many Aboriginies; lost their lives due to war and fighting and it caused a very huge loss in Aboriginal population. The war was between the Europeans and aboriginies, it went on for 26 years and caused many lives to be lost. -
Death of Truganini
Truganini was the last surviving Tasmanian aborigine. She lost all of her family early after colonisation as they were victims of the Black wars. She was an intelligent, resourseful lady who tried to protect the other aboriginal survivors of the black wars. -
Indigenous and Torre straight islanders gained the right to vote
In March 1962 the Commonwealth Electoral Act was amended to provide Indigenous people to enrol to vote in federal elections if they wished. Unlike other Australians it was not compulsory for them to enrol. It was also an offence for anyone to use undue influence or pressure to induce them to enrol. Once they enrolled, however, voting was compulsory. -
Aborigines gained the right to vote
In the 1970s the first major legislation recognised Aboriginal people’s right to land. The Northern Territory Land Rights Act set up a framework for Aboriginal people to back control of many parts of the territory. Mabo was the man behind all of this. He felt that the indigenous people of Australia deserved the right to have some protection and rights for their land. It took until 1992 for the act to be handed down and soon after Mabo died.
