List of conflicts in Australia

List of conflicts in Australia is a timeline of events that includes wars, battles, rebellions, skirmishes, massacres, riots, and other related events that have occurred in the country of Australia's current geographical area, both before and after federation.

Conflicts fought between Indigenous Australians and European settlers are known collectively by some historians as the Australian frontier wars. The conflicts are listed individually below.

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17th Century

  • 4 June 1629: The Dutch East India Company sailing ship Batavia struck a reef near Beacon Island off the Western Australian coast. A subsequent mutiny and massacre took place among the survivors.
    The hangings on Long Island as illustrated in the Lucas de Vries 1649 edition of Ongeluckige Voyagie

18th Century

19th Century

20th Century

A painting showing a hospital ship on fire and sinking. In the foreground, a man and a woman cling to a spar to keep afloat, while other people are shown leaving the ship by lifeboat or jumping overboard. The poster is captioned across the top with the words "WORK • SAVE • FIGHT", and across the bottom with "and so AVENGE THE NURSES!"
A propaganda poster calling for Australians to avenge the sinking of Centaur

21st Century

Protester holding one of the signs with the controversial statement "behead all those who insult the prophet".

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