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List of conflicts in Australia

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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.

Conflicts fought between Indigenous Australians and European settlers are known collectively by some historians as the Australian frontier wars.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (May 2018)

17th century

Thumb — The hangings on Long Island^[where?] as illustrated in the Lucas de Vries 1649 edition of Ongeluckige Voyagie.

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

1788: Bloody Point^[1]^[2]
1790–1800: Sydney Cove War^[3]
1790–1816: Hawkesbury and Nepean Wars
- 1790–1802: Pemulwuy's War
  - 1794: Battle of Toongabbie
  - 1795: Battle of Richmond Hill
  - 1797: Battle of Parramatta
- 1799–1805: Black Wars^[4]^[5]^[6]
- 1802–1810: Tedbury's War
  - 1809: Battle of Bond's Farm
- 1814–1816: Hawkesbury Nepean War
  - 1816: Battle of Appin
  - 1816: Battle of the Nepean
  - 1816: Nepean Campaign

19th century

1804: Castle Hill convict rebellion (also called Battle of Vinegar Hill)
1808–1810: Rum Rebellion
1816: Appin massacre
1816: Battle at Razorback
1821–1827: Bathurst Wars
1818: Minnamurra River massacre
1824: Bathurst War
- 1824: Battle of Bathurst/Wiradjuri War
  Mounted police engaging Indigenous Australians during the Slaughterhouse Creek massacre of 1838
1826: 1826 Norfolk Island Convict Rebellion
1827–1828: Corn Field Raids of 1827-1828
1828: Cape Grim massacre
1828–1832: Black War
1829: Cyprus mutiny
1830s–1840s: Wiradjuri Wars
1830s: Warrowen massacre
1830: Bathurst Rebellion
1830–1850: The Port Phillip District Wars
- 1833 or 1834: Convincing Ground massacre
- 1836: Mount Cottrell massacre
- 1838: Battle of Broken River
- 1839: Campaspe Plains massacre
- 1839: Blood Hole massacre
- 1840–1850: Gippsland massacres
1831–1833: Yagan Resistance
1834: 1834 Norfolk Island Convict Rebellion
1834–1849 or 1860s: The Eumeralla Wars
1834: Battle of Pinjarra
1836: Mount Dispersion massacre
1838: The Waterloo Plains massacre
1838: Waterloo Creek massacre
1838–1841: Wiradjuri Wars^[7]
1838: Myall Creek massacre
1838: Waterloo Plains massacre
1839: Murdering Gully massacre
1840: Battle of Yering
1840: Fighting Hills massacre
1840: Fighting Waterholes massacre
1840: Shipwreck survivors of the Maria massacred
1841: Wonnerup massacre
1841: The Rufus River massacre
1842–1852: Mandandanji Land War^[7]
1842: 1842 Norfolk Island Convict Rebellion
1842: Pelican Creek tragedy
1842: Evans Head massacre
1843: Warrigal Creek massacre
1843: Battle of One Tree Hill (also called Battle of Meewah)
1843–1855: War of Southern Queensland
1844–1845: Port Augusta War^[7]
1840–1850: Gippsland massacres
A group of Indigenous Australians attacking a shepherds hut
1845: Darkey Flat Massacre
1846: Cooking Pot Uprising
1846: Blanket Bay massacre
1848: Avenue Range Station massacre
1849: Waterloo Bay massacre
1851–1854: Eureka Rebellion
Eureka Stockade Riot. J. B. Henderson (1854) watercolour
- 1851: Forest Creek Monster Meeting
- 1853: Anti-Gold Licence Association
- 1853: Bendigo Petition
- 1854: Ballarat Reform League
- 1854: Battle of Eureka Stockade
1853: East Ballina massacre
1857: Hornet Bank massacre
1857: Buckland riot
1857–1858: Massacre of the Yeeman
1859: Hospital Creek Massacre
1860–1861: Lambing Flat Riots
1861: Battle of Yindurupilly
1861: Cullin-La-Ringo massacre
1864: Battle of the Mitchell^[3]
1865: La Grange expedition
1867: Goulbolba Hill massacre
1868: Flying Foam Massacre
1869: Battle of Minderoo
1870–1890: Kalkadoon Wars
- 1884: Battle of Battle Mountain
1873: Battle Camp massacre
1874–1875: Blackfellow's Creek massacre
A painting depicting the Castle Hill convict rebellion
1874: Barrow Creek massacre
1875: Massacre of Running Waters
1877 'Showdown on the Bridge' in Branxholm
1879: Cape Bedford massacre
1880s: Koonchera Point massacre
1880s–1890s: Arnhem Wars
1890: Speewah massacre
1891: Australian shearers' strike
1894–1897: Jandamarra Guerilla War

20th century

1901: The Battle of Racecourse Hill^[8]
1911: Gan Gan massacre
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
1917: Raid on the Queensland Government Printing Office
1918: Darwin rebellion
1919: Red Flag riots
1919: Battle of the Barricades
1919: HMAS Australia mutiny
1920: Broome race riots
1922: Sturt Creek massacre
1923: Victorian Police strike
1924: Bedford Downs massacre
1926: Forrest River massacre
1928: Coniston massacre
1929: Rothbury riot
1932: Emu War
1932–1934: Caledon Bay crisis

Thumb — A propaganda poster calling for Australians to avenge the sinking of Centaur

1939–1945: Second World War
- Axis naval activity in Australian waters
  - 1941: Sinking of HMS Sydney
  - 1942: Attack on Sydney Harbour
  - 1942: Shelling of Newcastle
  - 1942: Attack on the Dureenbee
  - 1943: Shelling of Port Gregory
  - 1943: Sinking of AHS Centaur
  - 1943: Convoy GP55
  - 1944: German submarine U-862
- 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
1984: Milperra massacre
1987: Brewarrina riot
1988: Fremantle Prison riot
1989: Four Clubs–Mongrel Mob War
1996: Parliament House riot

21st century

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