List of conflicts in Australia
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.
Conflicts fought between Indigenous Australians and European settlers are known collectively by some historians as the Australian frontier wars.
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17th century[]
- 1629: The Dutch East India Company sailing ship Batavia struck a reef near Beacon Island off the Western Australian coast. A subsequent mutiny and massacre took place among the survivors.
18th century[]
- 1790–1816: Hawkesbury and Nepean Wars
- 1795: Battle of Richmond Hill
- 1797: Battle of Parramatta
19th century[]
- 1804: Castle Hill convict rebellion
- 1808–1810: Rum Rebellion
- 1821–1827: Bathurst Wars
- 1824: Bathurst massacre
- 1828: Cape Grim massacre
- 1828–1832: Black War
- 1830s–1840s: Wiradjuri Wars
- 1830: Bathurst Rebellion
- 1833 or 1834: Convincing Ground massacre
- 1834: Battle of Pinjarra
- 1836: Mount Cottrell massacre
- 1838: Waterloo Creek massacre
- 1838: Myall Creek massacre
- 1838: Faithfull massacre
- 1838: Waterloo Plains massacre
- 1839: Murdering Gully massacre
- 1839: Campaspe Plains massacre
- 1840: Battle of Yering
- 1840: Fighting Hills massacre
- 1840: Fighting Waterholes massacre
- 1843: Warrigal Creek massacre
- 1840–1850: Gippsland massacres
- 1845: Battle of One Tree Hill
- 1849: Avenue Range Station massacre
- 1850s: Richmond River massacres
- 1851–1854: Eureka Rebellion
- 1851: Forest Creek Monster Meeting
- 1853: Anti-Gold Licence Association
- 1853: Bendigo Petition
- 1854: Ballarat Reform League
- 1854: Battle of Eureka Stockade
- 1857: Hornet Bank massacre
- 1857–1858: Massacre of the Yeeman
- 1860–1861: Lambing Flat Riots
- 1861: Battle of Yindurupilly
- 1861: Cullin-La-Ringo massacre
- 1865: La Grange expedition
- 1867: Goulbolba Hill massacre
- 1868: Flying Foam Massacre
- 1873: Battle Camp massacre
- 1874–1875: Blackfellow's Creek massacre
- 1874: Barrow Creek massacre
- 1879: Cape Bedford massacre
- 1884: Battle of Battle Mountain
- 1880s–1890s: Arnhem Wars
- 1890: Speewah massacre
- 1891: Australian shearers' strike
20th century[]
- 1914–1918: First World War
- 1914: Battle of Cocos
- 1915: Battle of Broken Hill
- 1915: Mistake Creek massacre
- 1916: Mowla Bluff massacre
- 1916: Liverpool riot
- 1918: Darwin rebellion
- 1919: Red Flag riots
- 1920: Broome race riots
- 1923: Victorian Police strike
- 1924: Bedford Downs massacre
- 1926: Forrest River massacre
- 1928: Coniston massacre
- 1929: Rothbury riot
- 1932–1934: Caledon Bay crisis
- 1939–1945: Second World War
- Axis naval activity in Australian waters
- Air raids on Australia, 1942–43
- 1942–1945: North Western Area Campaign
- 1942: Bombing of Darwin
- 1942: Attack on Broome
- 1942: Koolama
- 1943: Raid on Darwin (2 May 1943)
- 1942: Townsville mutiny
- 1942: Battle of Brisbane
- 1944: Cowra Breakout
- 1979: Star Hotel riot
- 1996: Parliament House Riot
21st century[]
- 2004: Redfern riots
- 2005: Cronulla riots
- 2005: Macquarie Fields riots
- 2012: Sydney anti-Islam film protests
See also[]
Categories:
- Lists of battles
- Lists of events in Australia
- Military history of Australia