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| This is a timeline of various political, legal, military, social, economic and environmental events that have occurred in Oceania (a region encompassing the [[State (Polity)|states]] of [[Commonwealth of Australia|Australia]], [[Independent State of Papua New Guinea|Papua New Guinea]], [[New Zealand]], [[Republic of Fiji|Fiji]], [[Solomon Islands]], [[Republic of Vanuatu|Vanuatu]], [[Indepedent State of Samoa|Samoa]], [[Federated States of Micronesia|Micronesia]], [[Kingdom of Tonga|Tonga]], [[Republic of Kiribati|Kiribati]], [[Republic of the Marshall Islands|Marshall Islands]], [[Republic of Palau|Palau]], [[Tuvalu]], [[Republic of Nauru|Nauru]]) that are relevant to [[Libertarian Socialism|libertarian socialism]]. | | This is a timeline of various political, legal, military, social, economic and environmental events that have occurred in Oceania (a region encompassing the [[State (Polity)|states]] of [[Commonwealth of Australia|Australia]], [[Independent State of Papua New Guinea|Papua New Guinea]], [[New Zealand]], [[Republic of Fiji|Fiji]], [[Solomon Islands]], [[Republic of Vanuatu|Vanuatu]], [[Indepedent State of Samoa|Samoa]], [[Federated States of Micronesia|Micronesia]], [[Kingdom of Tonga|Tonga]], [[Republic of Kiribati|Kiribati]], [[Republic of the Marshall Islands|Marshall Islands]], [[Republic of Palau|Palau]], [[Tuvalu]], [[Republic of Nauru|Nauru]]) that are relevant to [[Libertarian Socialism|libertarian socialism]]. |
| | | * 1918: [[Darwin Rebellion (1918)|Darwin Rebellion]] (Australia) |
| == 1900s ==
| | * 1943: [[Maasina Ruru]] (Solomon Islands) |
| * 1902: Prisoners at Fremantle Prison [[Fremantle Prison Riot (1902)|riot]] in protest of poor quality food.
| | * 1945: [[Black Armada Ban]] (Australia) |
| * 1908: American [[Industrial Workers of the World|IWW]] activists help create partially [[Workers' Self-Management|self-managed]] workplaces among meat industry workers in Northern Queensland.
| | * 1956: [[Fremantle Wharf Strike (1956)|Fremantle Wharf Strike]] (Australia) |
| | | * 1964: [[Mount Isa Mines Strike (1964)|Mount Isa Mines Strike]] (Australia) |
| === 1910s ===
| | * 1970: [[Green Bans]] (Australia) |
| * 1912: [[Brisbane General Strike (1912)|General Strike in Brisbane]] occurs over the right to form legal [[Trade Union|trade unions]].<ref>https://libcom.org/history/1912-brisbane-general-strike</ref>
| | * 1971: [[Harco Work-In]] (Australia) |
| * 1918: [[Darwin Rebellion (1918)|Rebellion breaks out Darwin]], demanding the end to an incompetent government and lack of democratic rights. | | * 1972: [[Sydney Opera House Work-In]] (Australia) |
| | | * 1972: [[Aboriginal Tent Embassy]] founded (Australia) |
| === 1920s ===
| | * 1972: [[Clutha Development Mine Work-In]] (Australia) |
| * 1923: The police in Melbourne, Australia [[Melbourne Police Strike (1923)|go on a three day strike]] which leads to the collapse of private property and the control of city streets by strikers.<ref>(Note: Source is not sympathetic to the strikers) - https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/news/when-an-australian-city-went-mad-the-unprecedented-chaos-that-engulfed-melbourne-for-three-days/news-story/6285b87b97f55a22a0b8a8e3a56bfe46</ref>
| | * 1972: [[Whyalla Glove Factory Work-In]] (Australia) |
| * 1924: Dockworkers in Fremantle [[Fremantle Wharf Strike (1924)|strike]].
| | * 1974: [[Wyong Plaza Work-In]] (Australia) |
| * 1927: Indigenous Mau in Samoa [[League of Samoa|begin a six-year campaign]] to resist occupation of the island by New Zealand.<ref>https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/mau-opposition-new-zealand-rule-samoa-1927-1933</ref>
| | * 1975: [[Nymboida Mine Work-In]] (Australia) |
| | | * 1975: [[Coal Cliff Work-In]] (Australia) |
| === 1930s ===
| | * 1978: [[Sanyo Television Factory Work-In]] (Australia) |
| * 1936: Workers from the Torres Strait Islands [[Torres Strait Pearlworkers' Strike (1936)|strike to for greater workers' rights]] in the pearling industry.<ref>https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/torres-strait-islanders-hold-maritime-strike-against-pearling-industry-1936</ref>
| | * 1979: [[Union Carbide Work-In]] (Australia) |
| * 1938: The [[Dalfram Strike (1938)|Dalfram Strike]] sees Australian dockworkers try to stop the export of iron to the [[Japanese Empire]] in protest of their atrocities and war crimes in China.
| | * 1980: [[Department of Social Security Work-In]] (Australia) |
| | | * 1982: [[Franklin River Campaign]] (Australia) |
| === 1940s ===
| | * 1986: [[Anarcho-Syndicalist Federation (Australia)|Anarcho-Syndicalist Federation]] founded (Australia) |
| * 1942: The [[Battle for Brisbane]] sees US and Australian soldiers fight as tensions had been raised.
| | * 1986: [[Victorian Nurses' Strike (1986)|Victorian Nurses' Strike]] (Australia) |
| * 1942: The [[Townsville Mutiny]] occurs as black US soldiers attempt to kill their white commanders in response to racial abuse in Australia.
| | * 1988: [[Daintree Rainforest Campaign]] (Australia) |
| * 1943: The [[Maasina Ruru]] movement for indigenous and workers rights on the Solomon Islands begins. | | * 1990: [[Melbourne Tramworkers' Strike (1990)|Melbourne Tramworkers' Strike]] (Australia) |
| * 1943: Soldiers from the Torres Strait Islands [[Torres Strait Islands Soldiers' Strike (1943)|hold a sit-down strike]] for equal pay and greater rights.<ref>https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/torres-strait-soldiers-stage-stay-home-strikes-demand-full-pay-and-end-discrimination-army-1</ref>
| | * 2001: [[Hat Factory]] squatted (Australia) |
| * 1943: The [[Battle of Manners Street]] occurs in Wellington, New Zealand between white US soldiers and Maori NZ soldiers over access to military social centers.
| | * 2005: [[Tongan Public Service Strike (2005)|Public Service Strike]] (Tonga) |
| * 1945: Dockworkers across Australia [[Black Armada Ban|refuse to serve]] Dutch ships as a gesture of solidarity to the [[Indonesian National Revolution|Indonesian Revolution]]. | | * 2019: [[Chemist Warehouse Strike (2019)|Chemist Warehouse Strike]] (Australia) |
| * 1947: Villagers with the [[Maasina Ruru]] begin to declare villages around the Solomon Islands autonomous from the [[British Empire]] and refuse to pay taxes or work on plantations or in factories.
| | * 2019: [[Yakka Munga Blockade (2019)|Yakka Munga Blockade]] (Australia)<nowiki/> |
| * 1948: Railworkers' across Queensland, Australia [[Queensland Railworkers' Strike (1948)|strike]] for better wages.
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| * 1949: Coalminers' across Australia [[Australian Coalminers' Strike (1949)|strike]] for for a 35-hour workweek and wage increases.
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| === 1950s ===
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| * 1951: Dockworkers in New Zealand [[New Zealand Dockworkers' Strike (1951)|attempt to strike]] for a 15% wage increase, but is defeated, marking the end of militant unionism in New Zealand.
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| * 1956: Dockworkers in Fremantle, Western Australia, [[Fremantle Wharf Strike (1956)|begin a strike in protest]] of a lack of wage increases. | |
| * 1959: Oilworkers' in Fiji [[Fijian Oilworkers' Strike (1959)|strike]] for higher wages.<ref>https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/fijian-oil-industry-workers-strike-higher-wages-and-benefits-1959</ref>
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| === 1960s ===
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| * 1963: Anti-Nuclear and Anti-War activists [[New Zealand Nuclear-Free Zone|begin a campaign]] to turn New Zealand into a nuclear-free zone.<ref>https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/new-zealand-declares-nuclear-free-zone-1963-1985</ref>
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| * 1964: The [[Mount Isa Mines Strike (1964)|Mount Isa Mines Strike]] occurs over pay disputes, but soon sees a complex struggle evolve for control of the union either by the [[Industrial Workers of the World|IWW]], communists, liberals or corporation. | |
| * 1966: Aboriginal farm workers begin the nearly 10-year long [[Gurindji Strike]] in Kalkarindji, Australia. | |
| * 1969: Construction workers and environmentalists join forces to block the [[Jervis Bay Nuclear Power Plant Blockade|construction of a nuclear power plant in Jervis Bay, Australia]].
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| === 1970s ===
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| * 1971: The [[Harco Work-In]] occurs as steel factory workers in Sydney, Australia protest their firing and treatment by management. | |
| * 1971: The four-year long [[Green Bans|Green Ban]] movement begins across Australia, where construction workers refuse to work on projects harmful to the environment or local communities. These actions save many iconic streets, buildings and natural reserves from development.
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| * 1971: The [[Melbourne University Resistance Commune]] occurs, as students occupy buildings in [[University|Melbourne University]] for two days to protest Australia's policy of [[conscription]] and support for the [[United States of America|US]]-led [[Vietnam War|war in Vietnam]].
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| * 1972: Construction workers [[Sydney Opera House Work-In|take over the unfinished Sydney Opera House]] in Australia and run it as a [[Workers' Self-Management|self-managed workplace]] in protest of the unjust firing of a fellow worker. Not only does this improve [[productivity]], but it also results in large gains for the working class across Australia. | |
| * 1972: The [[Aboriginal Tent Embassy]] is founded in Canberra, Australia as a permanent occupation and [[Protest Camp|protest camp]] highlighting the treatment of [[Aboriginal Australians]] by the [[Australia|Australian state]]. | |
| * 1972: Mineworkers [[Clutha Development Mine Work-In |take over the Clutha Development Mine]] in Australia and run it as a self-managed workplace to prevent closure of the mine. | |
| * 1972: The [[Whyalla Glove Factory Work-In]] as workers respond to the closing of their factory, where it is then converted into a [[Worker Cooperative|worker cooperative]]. | |
| * 1974: Construction workers [[Sydney Opera House Work-In|take over the unfinished ]]Wyong Plaza in Australia and run it as a [[Workers' Self-Management|self-managed workplace]] in protest of the unjust firing of a fellow worker. | |
| * 1975: Coalminers' [[Nymboida Mine Work-In|take over the Nymboida Coal Mine]] in Australia, running it for 4 years as a self-managed enteprise. | |
| * 1975: The [[Coal Cliff Work-In]] occurs in Australia. | |
| * 1978: Factory workers at a Sanyo Television Factory in Wodonga, Australia [[Sanyo Television Factory Work-In|take over their workplace]] at run it as a self-managed site in protest of the factories closure. | |
| * 1979: Factory workers at a [[Union Carbide]] factory in Melbourne, Australia, [[Union Carbide Work-In|stage a work-in]] and run it as a self-managed enterprise. | |
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| === 1980s ===
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| * 1980: Government office workers in Australia [[Department of Social Security Work-In|take over the Department of Social Security]]. | |
| * 1982: The blockade during the [[Franklin River Campaign]] begins, stopping the construction of environmentally destructive dam along the Gordon River in Tasmania, Australia. | |
| * 1986: The [[Anarcho-Syndicalist Federation (Australia)|Anarcho-Syndicalist Federation]] is founded in Melbourne, Australia. | |
| * 1986: [[Victorian Nurses' Strike (1986)|Victorian Nurses' Strike]]. | |
| * 1988: Environmentalists [[Daintree Rainforest Campaign|successfully block the destruction]] of the Daintree Rainforest in Queensland, Australia. | |
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| === 1990s ===
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| * 1990: Tramworkers' in Melbourne, Australia [[Melbourne Tramworkers' Strike (1990)|take over the trams and depots]], placing them under [[Workers' Self-Management|workers' control]] in protest of efforts to privatise the tram network. | |
| * 1994: Workers' in Wallis and Futuna [[Wallis and Futuna Strike (1994)|strike]] for public education and workers' rights.<ref>https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/force-ouvri-re-labor-union-strikes-economic-justice-and-education-wallis-and-futuna-1994</ref>
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| * 1996: [[Canberra Uprising (1996)|Workers' storm Parliament House]], Canberra, Australia in protest of restrictions to workers' rights.
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| == 2000s ==
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| * 2001: Environmentalists [[Lucas Heights Reactor Occupation|occupy a nuclear power plant]] in Sydney, Australia, leading to a slow-down of operations at the site.<ref>http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2001/12/18/443080.htm</ref> | |
| * 2001: The [[Hat Factory]] is squatted in Sydney, Australia serving as a shelter for homeless people, domestic violence survivors and mentally ill people.
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| * 2005: Government workers in Tonga [[Tonga Strike (2005)|strike]] to win massive wage increases and democratic reforms.<ref>https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/tongan-public-servants-strike-higher-wages-2005</ref> | |
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| === 2010s ===
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| * 2010: Indigenous Hotelworkers' in Rapa Nui [[Rapa Nui Hotel Occupation (2010)|occupy their workplace]] for indigenous rights.<ref>https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/rapa-nui-occupy-hotel-demand-recognition-ancestral-rights-2010</ref>
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| * 2011: The [[Occupy|Occupy Movement]] spreads to [[Occupy Melbourne|Melbourne]] and [[Occupy Sydney|Sydney]] in Australia and [[Occupy Auckland|Auckland]], New Zealand.
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| * 2015: The [[Matagarup Refugee Camp]] is formed in Heirisson Island, Perth, Australia to fight back against discrimination of [[Aboriginal Australians]].
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| * 2018: The [[Student Climate Strike]] spreads to major and regional cities across Australia and New Zealand.
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| * 2019: [[Chemist Warehouse Strike (2019)|Chemist Warehouse Strike]] in Melbourne and Brisbane, Australia in protest of low wages, job insecurity and sexual harassment. | |
| * 2019: [[Yakka Munga Blockade (2019)|Yakka Munga Blockade]] in the Kimberly, Western Australia to stop the destruction of sacred aboriginal sites. | |
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| == See Also == | | == See Also == |
| * [[Timeline of Libertarian Socialism]] | | * [[Timeline of Libertarian Socialism]] |
