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Period: 50,000 BCE to
Pre colonisation
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Dutch First recorded landfall
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James Cook chartered the east coast. australia was dubbed terra nullius
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The arrival of the first fleet
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Period: to
Terra nullius
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Period: to
colonial wars
conflicts and massacres of indigenous peoples -
467 convicts landed in sorrento - avid collins
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John Batman purchased land in Narrm (melbourne)
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Period: to
port phillip aboriginal protectorate
he primary directives of the Protectors was to protect the Aboriginal people in their districts and to 'civilise' them, in other words to minimize conflicts between European settlers and Aboriginal people, and to help Aboriginal people take up the European way of life. -
conistan massacre
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voting rights
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yirrukala bark petition
wrote to the government over land rights to mining areas -
1967 referendum
acknowledging aboriginals in the census
and removing them from the fauna and flora act
gave power to the federal government to make laws regarding indigenous people -
Period: to
the aboriginal tent embassy
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Period: to
report into indigenous deaths in custody
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Period: to
The northern territory intervention
as a package of changes to welfare provision, law enforcement, land tenure and other measures, introduced by the Australian federal government under John Howard in 2007 to address allegations of rampant child sexual abuse and neglect in Northern Territory Aboriginal communities. -
apology to stolen generations
Kevin Rudds apology to the stolen generations