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* 1926: Police kill and burn 20 aboriginals in Western Australia in the [[Oombulgurri Massacre]] | * 1926: Police kill and burn 20 aboriginals in Western Australia in the [[Oombulgurri Massacre]] | ||
* 1928: Between 60 and 110 aboriginals are killed by police and armed vigilantes around the Coniston Cattle Station in the Northern Territory in the [[Coniston Massacre]] | * 1928: Between 60 and 110 aboriginals are killed by police and armed vigilantes around the Coniston Cattle Station in the Northern Territory in the [[Coniston Massacre]] | ||
* 1973: The ASIO assists in [[Chilean Military Coup (1973)|overthrowing a democratic government]] in Chile to replace it with a [[Pinochet Dictatorship|horrifying dictatorship]]. | |||
* 1978: An unknown agent [[Sydney Hilton Hotel Bombing|bombs a hotel in Sydney]], killing 3 people and injuring 11, most evidence points to it being the Australian government seeking to expand its police powers | * 1978: An unknown agent [[Sydney Hilton Hotel Bombing|bombs a hotel in Sydney]], killing 3 people and injuring 11, most evidence points to it being the Australian government seeking to expand its police powers | ||
* 1998: Corporate neglect kills two workers in the [[Esso Longford Gas Explosion]] | * 1998: Corporate neglect kills two workers in the [[Esso Longford Gas Explosion]] | ||
Revision as of 14:13, 18 July 2019
A timeline of atrocities committed by or supported by the Australian government, Australian corporations or the British Empire during its colonisation of Australia.
1800s
- 1854: British soldiers repress the Eureka Rebellion in Ballarat
- 1899: Australia joins the Second Boer War, costing 606 Australian lives and perpetuating British Imperialism
1900s
- 1906: An unknown amount of aboriginal people are enslaved, tortured, raped and murdered by 'explorers' in Western Australia on the Canning Stock Route
- 1915: Police kill 7 aboriginal people in the Mistake Creek Massacre
- 1918: The Australian government allows for the Bentinck Island Atrocities against aboriginals by ignoring the perpetrator and never punishing him
- 1922: Police shoot more than 12 aboriginals in the Sturt Creek Massacre
- 1924: Police brutally torture, enslave and kill aboriginal men in the Bedford Downs Massacre
- 1926: Police kill and burn 20 aboriginals in Western Australia in the Oombulgurri Massacre
- 1928: Between 60 and 110 aboriginals are killed by police and armed vigilantes around the Coniston Cattle Station in the Northern Territory in the Coniston Massacre
- 1973: The ASIO assists in overthrowing a democratic government in Chile to replace it with a horrifying dictatorship.
- 1978: An unknown agent bombs a hotel in Sydney, killing 3 people and injuring 11, most evidence points to it being the Australian government seeking to expand its police powers
- 1998: Corporate neglect kills two workers in the Esso Longford Gas Explosion
- 1998: Corporate neglect kills four sailors in a fire on the HMAS Westralia
2000s
- 2006: Corporate neglect triggers the Beaconsfield Mine Collapse and traps three people, killing one
- 2006: Corporate neglect triggers the Gladstone Munitions Factory Explosion, killing three people
- 2013: Corporate neglect triggers the collapse of a wall on Swanston St, Melbourne and killed three people