• About the Chronology
• Acknowledgements
• History Search
• Other Chronologies

Aboriginal history

Aboriginal History Timeline
Provider: Muru Mittigar

An Aboriginal Chronology
With an emphasis on the involvement of the Roman Catholic Church.
Provider: St Paul's School

Didgeridoo History
A brief history of Aboriginal Australia with a special focus on the didgeridoo.
Provider: iDIDJ Australia

Indigenous Australia Timeline
A timeline on four pages: Pre-Contact, 1500-1900, 1901-1969 and 1970-2000.
Provider: Australian Museum Online and Australia's Cultural Network

Key dates in Australia's development as a culturally diverse nation
This timeline aims to present an overview of key events in Australia's development as a culturally diverse nation. It is not the aim of the timeline to address in detail the history of cultural diversity, race relations and manifestations of racism in the two hundred years since European settlement.
Provider: Racism. No Way (Conference of Education Systems Chief Executive Officers)

Koori History Timeline
Timeline of Significant Moments in the Indigenous Struggle in south east Australia.
Provider: The Koori History Website (Gary Foley)

Learning Circles Kit Timeline
Overview of Australian Aboriginal History designed for Reconciliation learning circles. Adobe Reader is required to read this PDF file.
Provider: Reconciliation Australia

A Parallel History of Australia and the World
This timeline contains a parallel history of Australia with the World, displaying events of interest over the past 200 years. The Australian component focuses particularly on Indigenous events. The timeline also has incorporated "A Cultural History of Australia" dating back to 45,000 BP (before present).
Provider: First Families 2001 (Victorian Government and hosted by the State Library of Victoria)

Timeline (of little - and not so little - known facts)
Provider: Reconciliation and Social Justice Library

Tracing the History
This time line provides a brief outline of the laws, practices and policies of forcible removal of children and some of the context in which they were developed. Another version is available from Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission.
Provider: Reconciliation and Social Justice Library

25 Years On: Timeline of Significant Developments in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs since 1967
Timeline from 1967 to 1992.
Provider: Reconciliation and Social Justice Library

 

 

Arts

Bangarra Dance Theatre Chronology
Provider: Bangarra Dance Theatre

Didgeridoo History
A brief history of Aboriginal Australia with a special focus on the didgeridoo.
Provider: iDIDJ Australia

Timeline of Art History: Oceania/Australia
Provider: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

 

Australian history

A Chronology of Federation
Provider: National Archives of Australia

The Birth of Our Nation
Provider: The Courier Mail

Timeline of the Nation
Provider: The National Council for the Centenary of Federation (now archived by Pandora)

 

 

Citizenship and franchise

 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander - Electoral Timeline
Early European settlement of Australia inflicted enormous losses on the indigenous population including loss of lives, traditions, land and dignity. Indigenous people have nonetheless continued to demand respect, dignity and expression for their people in the nation.
Provider: Australian Electoral Commission

Australia's Constitutional Milestones
Different national histories have generated different constitutional preoccupations and priorities. Australia is no different, and this chronology makes an attempt to chart what has been distinctive in the Australian story. It is selective, making no attempt to be comprehensive, preferring only to highlight the events considered to be of the greatest significance.
Provider: Parliamentary Library

Electoral History Timeline
Provider: Discovering Democracy

 

 

Commemorations and celebrations

NAIDOC Week
NAIDOC Week is the outcome of a long history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander efforts to bring issues of concern to the attention of governments and the general public. It may surprise many that NAIDOC celebrations began, in the 1920's. Not under the same title but the sentiment and concerns were just as real then as they are now.
Provider: ABC Online

 

 

Conflict and resistance

While these site could have been placed in the Aboriginal history section they have been put under their own heading to address the myth that Aboriginal people put up no resistance to European arrival. Conversely much of the Aboriginal history section could have been placed within this section being as it is, to a greater or lesser extent, a history of resistance to foreign occupation.

216 years of repression and resistance
"John Howard wants us to believe that indigenous people have no meaningful history. Hamish McPherson provides a chronology of the 216 years of continuing oppression and resistance that the flag-waving and fireworks of Australia Day cannot hide."
Provider: International Socialists Organisation

Aboriginal Resistance
This timeline was created to help explode the myth that Europeans walked into Australia and took over without any real resistance.
Providers: Julie Patterson and Julanna Hennessy

Timeline of Events of European Influence on Indigenous History (Temporarily unavailable)
Provider: A History of the Koorie People of the Dandenong-Pakenham Region

Timeline of incidents between British and Koori people on the first frontier (PDF file)
Provider: Board of Studies, New South Wales

Wiradjuri and Windradyne timeline
Provider: NSW Department of Education and Training

 

 

Deaths in Custody

Deaths in Custody: A Timeline
Eight years after the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths In Custody was announced, and four years after it made its report, deaths in custody are rising. Governments around the nation are failing to implement key recommendations despite ongoing warnings and protests from Aboriginal organisations and their supporters.
Provider: Australian Centre for Independent Journalism

 

Education

Victorian Koorie Education
A very detailed timeline of the history of Aboriginal education in Victoria.
Provider: Ngankat-Kalo

 

 

Group specific

Adnyamathanha - A post-invasion history
A detailed timeline of one particular group - the Adnyamathanha people of the Finders Rangers in southern Australia, from the time of white invasion.
Provider: The Department of Education, Training and Employment and Aboriginal Australia

Awaba
Devoted to aspects of Aboriginal history in the Newcastle-Lake Macquarie area.
Provider: Awaba, University of Newcastle

Brief timeline of the Budawang Aborigines
Provider: Milton Ulladulla Local and Family History Site

Warburton Mission History - Chronology of Key Dates
Provider: Tjulyuru Aboriginal Art

 

Health

Major developments in national Indigenous health policy, 1967-1999
This timeline is intended to summarise developments in various aspects of Indigenous health policy.
Provider: Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet

 

Human rights

Australian Rights Timeline
Provider: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission

Human rights timeline
Human rights are something that we all share simply because we are human. And everyone has a role to play to ensure that human rights are respected, both in Australia and throughout the world. As a starting point, however, we need to know just what human rights are.
Provider: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission

Chronology of Events
A chronology of human rights from a global perspective since 1945.
Provider: The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

The Indigenous struggle for Rights and Recognition (Chronology of events 1901-1997)
The chronology is towards the bottom of the page.
Provider: ABC Online

 

Land rights

Chronology of the modern land rights movement
Provider: Northern Land Council

Mabo: Ten Years On
Provider: Parliamentary Library

 

 

Legal

Legal Developments Affecting Indigenous People
Provider: Australasian Legal Information Institute

Timeline of legislation affecting Aboriginal People
The information presented here is aimed at South Australian middle and senior years learners, is of legislation which specifically affected Aboriginal people, not only in South Australia but with interstate comparisons as well.
Provider: Aboriginal Education, South Australia

 

 

Mandatory sentencing

Mandatory Sentencing
This timeline provides key dates and documents relating to mandatory sentencing primarily as it relates to Western Australia and the Northern Territory. Links to electronic versions of documents are provided wherever possible.
Provider: Parliamentary Library

 

Mining

Jabiluka Campaign Timeline (Currently unavailable)
The history of exploration and exploitation of uranium in the top end and with particular emphasis on its relationship to the Mirrar.
Provider: Mirrar Online

Uranium In Australia : A Detailed Timeline
Provider: The Sustainable Energy & Anti-Uranium Service Inc.

 

Miscellaneous

Timeline to Marlo Morgan's "Mutant Message Down Under"
A timeline of the events surrounding this controversial book along with references in the Internet and a comparison of phrases Marlo Morgan uses in her book together with some quotes from literature.
Provider: Creative Spirits

 

Multicultural

Timeline for Multicultural Australia
Over 45 individual timeline screens are included in this section, each with audio commentary, images, video and supporting documents. Listen to famous Australians who have contributed to and commented upon key issues in the development of Australia's multicultural society. View images and read reports, articles and stories relating to multiculturalism in Australia.
Provider: Board of Studies NSW

Reconciliation

A brief timeline of Reconciliation
Provider: Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation

After the Corroboree: Where to from here?
For a long time the Aboriginal and wider communities have been working towards reconciliation. The timeline shows some of the movements that have helped create change.
Provider: ABC Online

 

 

State/Region specific

A timeline for Aboriginal Victoria
Aboriginal people have occupied the lands of what is now Victoria for at least 30 000 years. This timeline dates are a small selection from archaeological sites across Victoria. The same timeline is also available in PDF format from Museum Victoria.
Provider: The Koori History Website

Barani Timeline
This timeline is a quick overview of landmark events that have impacted upon or are significant to Aboriginal peoples in Sydney post white invasion. An opportunity for a more detailed discussion of Aboriginal history in Sydney, is also provided elsewhere in the site.
Provider: Barani: Indigenous History of Sydney City

The State of New South Wales - Timeline of History
Provider: Australian Bureau of Statistics

Van Dieman's Land (Tasmania) Timeline
Provider: Memory Palace

 

Stolen Generations

Track the History: The history of the separation Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families
A timeline of historical events, laws and practices which have impacted on the lives and culture of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from 1788 to the present day.
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission

 

 

Tent Embassy

Aboriginal Tent Embassy: Chronology
This chronology documents events in the history of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy, events which, apart from publicity surrounding its erection and removal in 1972, have been poorly chronicled.
Provider: Parliamentary Library

 

 

Other indigenous peoples

A fairly comprehensive list of Native American sites is provided here. Many stories told in these sites provide a fascinating comparison to the experience of Australia's Aboriginal peoples.

Alberta Aboriginal History Timeline
Provider: The Provincial Museum of Alberta

Kumeyaay Nation Timeline
A timeline from creation to present day, depicting how the Kumeyaay have survived and overcome the challenges of the ages to thrive today.
Provider: Kumeyaay Nation

Major Pre-Columbian Indian Cultures in the United States
Provider: Infoplease.com

Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation Timeline
The Pequots occupied the Pequot River (currently the Thames River) drainage basin in Southern New England prior to contact with Europeans. The Pequots hunted, fished, traded and prospered on their traditional lands: 250 square miles bordering the Long Island Sound. The word "Pequot" has been translated to mean "people of the shallow waters." They numbered about 8,000 just prior to European contact, which began in the early 1600s.
Provider: Society of Colonial Wars

Navajo Timeline
Comprehensive history of the Navajo along side a broader world history that focuses on the United States' government Native American relations.
Provider: Navajo Genealogy and Family History of Harrison Lapahie Jr.

Plains Indian Timeline
Comprehensive timeline with hypertext support to significant issues, events, individuals etc.
Provider: Public Broadcasting System

The Pikuni: A Historical Timeline
Timeline of the Pikuni, also called the Blackfeet.
Provider: Website of the Blackfeet Nation

Timeline of Cherokee History
Provider: A Song From the Past: Cherokees

Timeline of Events Relevant to the Northern Plains Tribes
Provider: Travels with Daniel ---1995

Timeline of the Nisga'a
Timeline of the Nisga'a - the people who live in the Nass River Valley of northwestern British Columbia.
Provider: Website of the Nisga'a

 

 

 

World history

HyperHistory Online
HyperHistory presents 3'000 years of world history with a combination of colorful graphics, lifelines, timelines, and maps.
Provider: Andreas Nothiger

Timelines of History
Includes a comprehensive history of the world, historical timelines of many countries and many subjects.
Provider: Algis Ratnikas

WhoWhatWhen: Interactive Historic Timelines
A database of people and events from 1000 A.D. to the present. Create graphic timelines of periods in history and of the lives of individuals.
Provider: sbrowning.com

 

Copyright | Disclaimer | Privacy policy | Content inquiry |   Last updated:

11/11/2008.