History
A searchable Aboriginal history timeline
Search this Australian Aboriginal timeline for any word, by Aboriginal topic or within specific years; from before 1788 to present day.
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This is no ordinary resource: It includes a fictional story, quizzes, crosswords and even a treasure hunt.
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Categories
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By period
- Ancient history
- Pre-Cook (1400 – 1769)
- Early European (1770 – 1899)
- Early 20th century (1900 – 1969)
- Late 20th century (1970 – 1999)
- Early 21st century (2000 – 2010)
- Recent history
Australian Aboriginal history is the only history that grows both ways – forward into the present and backwards into the past as new scientific methods indicate that archaeological sites are much older than originally thought.
Just as we have learned about your history, please learn about ours.
— From the Ngambri petition claiming the area of Canberra, January 2007 [1]
Something that happened in December…
8 December 1966
The South Australian Lands Trust Act is the first-ever Act in Australia to recognise Aboriginal land rights and provide land ownership and compensation to dispossessed Aboriginal people. …