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== Pre-Colonial History<nowiki/> ==
== Pre-Colonial History<nowiki/> ==
* 7,000BCE: [[Agriculture]] begins in [[Highland New Guinea]].
* 7,000BCE: [[Agriculture]] begins in [[Highland New Guinea]].<ref>[[Chris Harman]] (1999) [[A People's History of the World]]</ref>
* 4,000BCE: Agriculture begins in [[Aboriginal Australia]].
* 4,000BCE: Agriculture begins in [[Aboriginal Australia]].<ref>Bruce Pascoe (2018) [[Dark Emu]]</ref>
* 1,000BCE: Agriculture begin in [[Tikopia]].
* 1,000BCE: Agriculture begin in [[Tikopia]].


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=== 1910s ===
=== 1910s ===
* 1912: The [[1912 Brisbane General Strike|Brisbane General Strike]] occurs as workers demand the right to unionize.<ref>https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/australians-general-strike-right-unionize-brisbane-australia-1912</ref>


=== 1920s ===
=== 1920s ===
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=== 1940s ===
=== 1940s ===
* 1943: The [[Maasina Ruru]] movement for indigenous liberation and workers' rights begins in the Solomon Islands.
* 1943: The [[Maasina Ruru]] movement for indigenous liberation and workers' rights begins in the [[Solomon Islands]].
* 1946: The three-year long [[Pilbara Strike]] begins Aboriginal Australians struggle for their rights and dignity against Australia's policies of white supremacy and exploitation of Aboriginal workers.


=== 1950s ===
=== 1950s ===
* 1952: The Massina Ruru movement succeeds, winning massive wage increases for workers in the Solomon Islanders and a democratic indigenous council.


=== 1960s ===
=== 1960s ===
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=== 1970s ===
=== 1970s ===
* 1971: The [[Harco Work-In]] occurs in Sydney, Australia, starting a movement across Australia for workers' control that lasts throughout the 1970s.
* 1972: The [[Sydney Opera House Work-In]] occurs in Sydney, Australia in protest of the firing of a worker and mistreatment by the bosses. The construction of the Sydney Opera House improves under [[Workers' Self-Management|workers' self-management]].
* 1975: The Nymboida Mine Work-In occurs in Nymboida, Australia as coal miners protest the attempted closing of their mine, running the mine for four years under workers' control.


=== 1980s ===
=== 1980s ===
* 1980: The year-long [[1980s Guam Teacher's Strike|Guam Teacher's Strike]] beginsm as teacher's agitate for a wage increase.


=== 1990s ===
=== 1990s ===
* 1990: [[Anarcho-Syndicalism|Anarcho-Syndicalists]] in Melbourne, Australia [[1990 Melbourne Tramworkers' Strike|take over the tram network]] to protest the dismissal of staff and attempted privatization of the network.<ref>https://libcom.org/library/melbourne-tram-dispute-lockout?fbclid=IwAR1TaUJICBffdAN31SOpjxH-kr0lNdgeAAFFnX0fqsORlMmTMpjgsAt9JbQ</ref>


== 2000s ==
== 2000s ==


=== 2010s ===
=== 2010s ===
* 2010: The [[Hanga Roa Hotel Occupation]] occurs on Rapa Nui/Easter Island as the indigenous Rapa Nui demand recognition of their ancestral lands.
* 2012:
== See Also ==
* [[Timeline of Libertarian Socialism]]
* [[Timeline of Libertarian Socialism]]
* [[Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in North America]]
* [[Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in North America]]
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* [[Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Eastern Asia]]
* [[Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Eastern Asia]]
* [[Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Southeast Asia]]
* [[Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Southeast Asia]]
== References ==
<references />

Revision as of 01:12, 20 March 2019

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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 states of Australia, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Samoa, Micronesia, Tonga, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Palau, Tuvalu, Nauru) that are relevant to libertarian socialism.

Pre-Colonial History

1600s

1700s

1800s

1810s

1820s

1830s

1840s

1850s

1860s

1870s

1880s

1890s

1900s

1910s

1920s

1930s

1940s

  • 1943: The Maasina Ruru movement for indigenous liberation and workers' rights begins in the Solomon Islands.
  • 1946: The three-year long Pilbara Strike begins Aboriginal Australians struggle for their rights and dignity against Australia's policies of white supremacy and exploitation of Aboriginal workers.

1950s

  • 1952: The Massina Ruru movement succeeds, winning massive wage increases for workers in the Solomon Islanders and a democratic indigenous council.

1960s

1970s

  • 1971: The Harco Work-In occurs in Sydney, Australia, starting a movement across Australia for workers' control that lasts throughout the 1970s.
  • 1972: The Sydney Opera House Work-In occurs in Sydney, Australia in protest of the firing of a worker and mistreatment by the bosses. The construction of the Sydney Opera House improves under workers' self-management.
  • 1975: The Nymboida Mine Work-In occurs in Nymboida, Australia as coal miners protest the attempted closing of their mine, running the mine for four years under workers' control.

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

  • 2010: The Hanga Roa Hotel Occupation occurs on Rapa Nui/Easter Island as the indigenous Rapa Nui demand recognition of their ancestral lands.
  • 2012:

See Also

References

  1. ↑ Chris Harman (1999) A People's History of the World
  2. ↑ Bruce Pascoe (2018) Dark Emu
  3. ↑ https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/australians-general-strike-right-unionize-brisbane-australia-1912
  4. ↑ https://libcom.org/library/melbourne-tram-dispute-lockout?fbclid=IwAR1TaUJICBffdAN31SOpjxH-kr0lNdgeAAFFnX0fqsORlMmTMpjgsAt9JbQ
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