A timeline of atrocities committed by or supported by the
[Australian](Australia "wikilink") government, Australian corporations
or the [British Empire](British_Empire "wikilink") during its
colonisation of Australia.

## 1800s

  - 1854: British soldiers repress the [Eureka
    Rebellion](Eureka_Rebellion "wikilink") in Ballarat
  - 1899: Australia joins the [Second Boer
    War](Second_Boer_War "wikilink"), 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](Canning_Stock_Route_\(Western_Australia\) "wikilink")
  - 1915: Police kill 7 aboriginal people in the [Mistake Creek
    Massacre](Mistake_Creek_Massacre "wikilink")
  - 1918: The Australian government allows for the [Bentinck Island
    Atrocities](Bentinck_Island_Atrocities "wikilink") against
    aboriginals by ignoring the perpetrator and never punishing him
  - 1922: Police shoot more than 12 aboriginals in the [Sturt Creek
    Massacre](Sturt_Creek_Massacre "wikilink")
  - 1924: Police brutally torture, enslave and kill aboriginal men in
    the [Bedford Downs Massacre](Bedford_Downs_Massacre "wikilink")
  - 1926: Police kill and burn 20 aboriginals in Western Australia in
    the [Oombulgurri Massacre](Oombulgurri_Massacre "wikilink")
  - 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](Coniston_Massacre "wikilink")
  - 1978: An unknown agent [bombs a hotel in
    Sydney](Sydney_Hilton_Hotel_Bombing "wikilink"), 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](Esso_Longford_Gas_Explosion "wikilink")
  - 1998: Corporate neglect kills four sailors in a fire on the [HMAS
    Westralia](HMAS_Westralia_Fire "wikilink")

## 2000s

  - 2006: Corporate neglect triggers the [Beaconsfield Mine
    Collapse](Beaconsfield_Mine_Collapse_\(2006\) "wikilink") and traps
    three people, killing one
  - 2006: Corporate neglect triggers the [Gladstone Munitions Factory
    Explosion](Gladstone_Munitions_Factory_Explosion_\(2006\) "wikilink"),
    killing three people
  - 2013: Corporate neglect triggers the [collapse of a
    wall](Swanston_St_Wall_Collapse_\(2013\) "wikilink") on Swanston St,
    Melbourne and killed three people