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The Arrival
As the indigenous people of the land were minding there own business then a came 11 English boats carrying about 1500 people in the search for good land. Then the found a shore deep yet close to waters edge they thought was perfect then came and the indigenous were trying to protect their land from never seeing a boat so fierce in there entire lives. -
The claimed ownership
Lieutenant James Cook raises the British flag at Possession of the tip of Cape York Peninsula and claims to take possession of the whole east coast of Australia. -
Not right
Two years after the British flag is raised in Van Dieman's Land (Tasmania) settlers are authorized to shoot Indigenous Australians. -
by force
Tasmanian Indigenous Australians are forcibly settled on Flinders Island. Conditions are appalling and many die. Later the community is moved to Cape Barren Island. -
racist
Non-indigenous citizens can be sent to gaol with hard labor for
being in the company of any black natives of the area -
NO ALCOHOL
NSW
Prohibition of sale, or gift, of alcohol to Indigenous Australians. Various forms of the prohibition continue to appear until 1963. -
cool and sad
England....Western Australia
First overseas cricket tour leaves Australia for England: the team members are all Indigenous Australians. One hundred and fifty Indigenous people are killed resisting arrest in the Kimberleys. -
child apprentice
Victoria
The Board for the Protection of Aborigines is established. The Governor can order the removal of any child to a reformatory or industrial school. The Protection Board can remove children from families be housed in dormitories. From 1886 the Victorian Board had been empowered to apprentice Indigenous Australians' children when they reach thirteen. Children require permission to visit their families on the stations. -
Fairer Law
NSW
Evidence from Indigenous Australians accepted in the courts for the first time. -
separating families
On Warangesda station, between 1893 and 1909, around 300 female Indigenous children are removed from their families and placed in a girls dormitory for 'resocialisation'. -
No pension
Invalid and Old Age Pension Act (Cwlth) excludes Indigenous Australians from receiving pensions. -
Going Home
Darwin, brings together over 600 Indigenous Australians removed as children to discuss common goals of access to archives, compensation, rights to land and social justice.
Indigenous Land Fund established by Federal government for Indigenous people to buy land, part of government's response to Mabo decision. -
Finally fair is fair
National inquiry into the separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families established in May . Bringing Them Home Report launched in June of this year. The Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation. ATSIC and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner present reports to the Federal Government on how social justice for Indigenous Australians can be achieved .
