Research Team: Ryan, Lyndall Debenham, Jennifer Pascoe, Bill Smith, Robyn Owen, Chris Richards, Jonathan Gilbert, Stephanie Anders, Robert J Usher, Kaine Price, Daniel Newley, Jack Brown, Mark Le, Le Hoang Fairbairn, Hedy. The research team invites suggestions and corrections. It remains subject to change from ongoing feedback, community consultation and research. The information on this site represents the best evidence available to the research team. Updates and changes have occurred throughout the life of the project. Please be advised that the Colonial Frontiers Massacre Map stage 4 is the final stage of the research project. The project was initially funded by the Australian Government through the Australian Research Council, PROJECT ID: DP140100399. If you have more information please use the contact form. There may be corrections, changes and additions as more information becomes available. All frontier massacre sites shown on the map include the sources that were used. Every effort has been made to provide the most accurate information possible, including the use of reputable secondary sources. It is intended to reliably inform the history of Australia for anyone researching or telling that history. This project is presented not as a conclusion but as a beginning.
In order to fully understand the information presented here please read the Introduction.
The map also includes information about frontier massacres of non- Aboriginal people such as colonists and others in Australia in the same period. Only frontier massacres for which sufficient evidence exists and can be verified are included. This site presents a map, timelines, and information about frontier massacres in Australia between 1788 when British colonisation began until 1930. As a result thousands of Aboriginal men, women and children were killed. In the frontier wars which continued into the 1920s frontier massacres were a defining strategy to contain and eradicate that resistance. There are no images of people on this website.įrom the moment the British invaded Australia in 1788 they encountered active resistance from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander owners and custodians of the lands. This site contains information about acts of violence that may be distressing. We extend our respect to Elders – past, present and future. We would also like to acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nations and Peoples, particularly the traditional custodians of all the places marked on the map. The makers of this website respectfully acknowledge the Pambalong Clan of the Awabakal Nation, the traditional custodians of the land where this website is hosted and where most of its development was done.