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  2. Australian frontier wars - Wikipedia

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    The first frontier war began in 1795 when encroaching British settlers established farms along the Hawkesbury River west of Sydney. Some of these settlements were established by soldiers as a means of providing security to the region. [47]

  3. The Australian Wars - Wikipedia

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    The series traces the Australian frontier wars from the landing of the First Fleet in 1788 until the 1920s. [7] It explores the phases, locations and features of the wars, seeking to understand the tactics and strategies employed by both British and Aboriginal people, and asking why war was never declared. [1]

  4. Genocide of Indigenous Australians - Wikipedia

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    Queensland represents the single bloodiest colonial frontier in Australia. [62] [63] Thus the records of Queensland document the most frequent reports of shootings and massacres of indigenous people and the most disreputable frontier police force. [64] Thus some sources have characterised these events as a "Queensland Aboriginal genocide".

  5. Category:Australian frontier wars - Wikipedia

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    Category: Australian frontier wars. 1 language. ... War of Southern Queensland This page was last edited on 8 November 2024, at 03:34 (UTC). ...

  6. List of wars involving Australia - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of wars, armed conflicts and rebellions involving the Commonwealth of Australia (1901–present) and its predecessor colonies, the colonies of New South Wales (1788–1901), Van Diemen's Land (1825–1856), Tasmania (1856–1901), Victoria (1851–1901), Swan River (1829–1832), Western Australia (1832–1901), South Australia (1836–1901), and Queensland (1859–1901).

  7. List of conflicts in Australia - Wikipedia

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    List of conflicts in Australia is a timeline of events that includes wars, battles, rebellions, skirmishes, massacres, riots, and other related events that have occurred in the country of Australia's current geographical area, both before and after federation.

  8. Gippsland massacres - Wikipedia

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    Gippsland (Australia) The Gippsland massacres were a series of mass murders of Gunai Kurnai people , an Aboriginal Australian people living in East Gippsland , Victoria , committed by European settlers and the Aboriginal Police during the Australian frontier wars .

  9. Coniston massacre - Wikipedia

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    The Coniston massacre, which took place in the region around the Coniston cattle station in the territory of Central Australia (now the Northern Territory) from 14 August to 18 October 1928, was the last known officially sanctioned massacre of Indigenous Australians and one of the last events of the Australian frontier wars.