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1926 BCE
forrest river
The Forrest River massacre, was a killing of aboriginal people by a law enforcement party in the wake of the killing of Fred Hay, which took place in Western Australia in 1926. -
1790 BCE
pemulwuy
The warrior Pemulwuy of the Bidjigal nation, speared a frontier man in 1790 as punishment for killing Bidjigal people. This behavior would have been punished in pre-contact tribal society. \Phillip retaliated by ordering his staff to kill ten ‘natives’ and capture two in order to stop further reprisals -
1787 BCE
the beginning of settlement
On the 13th of May 1787 a fleet of 11 ships sailed from England. They reached Botany Bay on the 18th of January 1788.