Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
According to the historian John Connor, traditional Aboriginal warfare should be examined on its own terms and not by definitions of war derived from other societies. Aboriginal people did not have distinct ideas of war and peace, and traditional warfare was common, taking place between groups on an ongoing basis, with great rivalries being ...
In 1790, an Aboriginal leader Pemulwuy in Sydney resisted the Europeans, [123] waging a guerrilla-style warfare on the settlers in a series of wars known as the Hawkesbury and Nepean Wars, which spanned 26 years, from 1790 to 1816. [124] After his death in 1802, his son Tedbury continued the campaign until 1810. [94]
This is a list of wars that began before 1000 AD. Other wars can be found in the historical lists of wars and the list of ... Aboriginal Australians ... c. 1770 BC c ...
Findings shed light on archaeological evidence of ancient interpersonal violence found in Australia
Windradyne (c.1800 - 1829) Wiradjuri man, also known as "Saturday", a notable figure of the Aboriginal resistance during the Bathurst War Simon Wonga (1824 - 1874) a ngurungaeta of the Wurundjeri people around Melbourne who secured land at Coranderrk , and the suburb Wonga Park was named after him
Conflict was particularly intense in NSW in the 1840s and in Queensland from 1860 to 1880. In central Australia, it is estimated that 650 to 850 Aboriginal people, out of a population of 4,500, were killed by colonists from 1860 to 1895. In the Gulf Country of northern Australia five settlers and 300 Aboriginal people were killed before 1886. [172]
First Aboriginal Australian to be ordained deacon in the Anglican Church of Australia (then called the Church of England in Australia): James Noble (clergyman). [28] First Torres Strait Islanders to be ordained priests in the Anglican Church of Australia (then called the Church of England in Australia): Joseph Lui and Poey Passi. [28] 1927
A British university has given back four spears taken more than 250 years ago from an aboriginal community in Australia by explorer Captain James ... in 1770 on the shores of Botany Bay at Kurnell ...