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Invasion
Captain Cook invades and claims posession of the whole east coast of Australia for the British. -
Start of a penal colony
Captain Phillip raises the British flag at Sydney Cove to start a penal colony -
First conflict
Conflict between the aboriginals and the first fleet. In result, two convicts were killed -
Arabanoo
Arabanoo is the first aboriginal to be captured by Europeans -
Smallpox epidemic
A smallpox epidemic wipes out the Eora Aboriginal people of Port Jackson, Botany Bay and Broken Bay -
Bennelong and Colebee
Captain Phillip captures two more aboriginals, Bennelong and Colebee. Colebee managed to escape, but Bennelong is kept for another five months -
First aboriginal person to go out to sea
An orphaned boy named Bon-Del is the first aboriginal to go out to sea, sailing upon the brig supply, heading for Norfolk Island -
Taken to England
Bennelong and Yemmerrawanie are taken to England and perform the first aboriginal song to be heard in Europe. Bennelong met George III. Yemmerrawanie unfortunately passed away in England, unable to return home -
Richmond Hill battle
Supposedly the first recorded battle of the aboriginals defending their land against the British. -
Bennelong returns
After his trip to England, Bennelong returs to Australia -
Bulletproof
Pemulwuy was shot twice, both quite severely and survived. He was said to be unable to be killed with bullets -
French Captain Nicholas Baudin
French Captain Nicholas Baudin and the English navigator Matthew Flinders meet at the South Australian border near Victor Harbor. Baudin had orders to study Aboriginal people for the new science of anthropology just founded in Paris. -
Death of Pemulwuy
Pemulwuy, a strong determind man was killed by two settlers and was sadly killed. He would always be known for survivng many gunshot wounds. -
The beginning of the end
It started when lieutenant William Moree opened fire on a group of about 300 aboriginals that were hunting. About 60 of them were killed. Europeans wee then authorised to shoot aboriginals, including the ones unarmed and mean no harm. -
Bennelong dies
Bennelong passes away from an illness -
Aboriginal school for children
Governor Macquarie opens a school for Aboriginal children at Parramatta called the ‘Native Institution’ to “civilise, educate and foster habits of industry and decency in the Aboriginals. The local Koori people remove their children from the school after they realise that its aim is to distance the children from their families and communities. The school closed in 1820
