Timeline of Anarchism in Oceania

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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

• 7,000BCE: Agriculture begins in Highland New Guinea.
• 4,000BCE: Agriculture begins in Aboriginal Australia.
• 1,000BCE: Agriculture begin in Tikopia.

1800s

1900s

1910s

• 1912: The Brisbane General Strike occurs as workers demand the right to unionize.

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

• 1966: The nine-year long Gurindji Strike begins as Aboriginal Australians struggle for their rights and dignity against the white supremacy and colonialism of Australia. This quickly evolves into one of the biggest struggles for indigenous rights in Australian history.

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

• 1980: The year-long Guam Teacher's Strike beginsm as teacher's agitate for a wage increase.

1990s

• 1990: Anarcho-Syndicalists in Melbourne, Australia take over the tram network to protest the dismissal of staff and attempted privatization of the network.

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

• Timeline of Libertarian Socialism
• Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in North America
• Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Central America
• Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in the Caribbean
• Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in South America
• Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Western Europe
• Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Northern Europe
• Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Southern Europe
• Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Eastern Europe
• Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Northern Africa
• Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Western Africa
• Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Middle Africa
• Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Eastern Africa
• Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Southern Africa
• Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Western Asia
• Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Northern Asia
• Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Southern Asia
• Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Eastern Asia
• Timeline of Libertarian Socialism in Southeast Asia