List of massacres in Australia

Table columns:
Name
Date
Location
Deaths
Injuries
Notes

Table rows:
cells: Shipwreck of the Batavia
1628
Houtman Abrolhos (Western Australia)
0110 !110
Many
Dutch shipwreck survivors are murdered by a break-away group of survivors
cells: Cape Grim massacre
10 February 1828
Cape Grim, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania)
0030 !30
Unknown
Massacre of Indigenous Australians by four shepherds
cells: Convincing Ground massacre
1833–34
Portland, Victoria
0200 !60–200
Unknown
Massacre of Indigenous Australians after a heated dispute between whalers and Aboriginal tribes
cells: Pinjarra massacre
28 October 1834
Pinjarra, Western Australia
0040 !14–40
Massacre by British colonists led by Governor Stirling against the Pinjarup people
cells: Waterloo Creek massacre/Slaughterhouse Creek massacre
January 1838
Waterloo Creek, NSW
0041 !40–70
Unknown
Massacre of Indigenous Australians as part of a clash between mounted police and Indigenous Australians
cells: Myall Creek massacre
10 June 1838
Myall Creek, NSW
0030 !27-30
Unknown
Massacre of Indigenous Australians. The attack was racially motivated, and subsequently the colonists who carried out the attack were hanged
cells: Murdering Gully massacre
1839
Mount Emu Creek, near Camperdown, Victoria
0040 !35–40
Unknown
Massacre of Indigenous Australians undertaken by Frederick Taylor apparently in retaliation to Aborigines having killed the colonists' sheep
cells: Campaspe Plains massacre
June 1839
Campaspe Creek, Central Victoria
0040 !up to 40
Unknown
Massacre of Indigenous Australians led by commander Charles Hutton as a reprisal raid against Aboriginal resistance to the invasion and occupation of their lands
cells: Shipwreck survivors of the Maria massacred
1840
Coorong, SA
0025 !25
13 people survived
Ship travelling from Port Adelaide to Hobart was shipwrecked on the SE coast of South Australia, with all surviving the wreck. The survivors were being guided to safety by the local Narrindjeri people, but were massacred when they breached local law.
cells: Gippsland massacres
1840-1850
Gippsland, VIC
0450 !300-1000
Unknown
Massacre of Indigenous Australians, combined with the introduction of diseases by the British Colonists which also contributed to the heavy losses of the Aborigines. The technical superiority of the Europeans' weapons gave the Europeans an absolute advantage over the Aborigines and, as a result, very few white settlers died during the course of the massacres.
cells: Cullin-La-Ringo massacre
17 October 1861
Central Queensland
0019 !19
0000 !0
Massacre of white settlers by Indigenous Australians
cells: Flying Foam massacre
February–May 1868
Flying Foam Passage, WA
0150 !20–150
Unknown
Massacre of Indigenous Australians after a series of confrontations between white settlers and Aboriginal people near the Flying Foam Passage
cells: Palmer massacre
August 1878
Palmer River, Queensland
0150 !20–150
Unknown
Massacre by Cantonese and Pekinese against each other.[1]
cells: Ching family murders
16 November 1911
Alligator Creek, Mackay, Queensland
0006 !6
0000 !0
George David Silva murdered six members of the Ching family by shooting and bashing. Silva was hanged at Boggo Road Gaol in Brisbane on 10 June 1912.
cells: Battle of Broken Hill
1 January 1915
Broken Hill, New South Wales
0004 !4
0007 !7
Spree shooting by two Ghans gunmen - Terror attack - by modern definition[2]
cells: Mowla Bluff massacre
1916
Kimberley, Western Australia
0400 !Up to 12[3]
0000 !0
Massacre of Indigenous Australians. Aboriginal Men, women and children were rounded up and subsequently shot and their bodies burned
cells: Forrest River massacre
May–July 1926
Kimberley Region of Western Australia
0011 !11
Unknown
Massacre of Indigenous Australians by law enforcement.
cells: Coniston massacre
14 August – 18 October 1928
Coniston, Northern Territory
0170 !60–170
Unknown
Probably the last known massacre of Indigenous Australians
cells: Hope Forest massacre
6 September 1971
Hope Forest, SA
0010 !10
0000 !0
Rampage killing by Clifford Bartholomew, who shot dead ten members of his family[4]
cells: Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub fire
8 March 1973
Fortitude Valley, Queensland
0015 !15
Unknown
Arson attack that killed 15 people and injured many more at a nightclub
cells: Campsie murders
24 September 1981
Campsie, New South Wales
0005 !5
0000 !0
Rampage killing by Fouad Daoud, who shot dead five members of his family before killing himself[5]
cells: Wahroonga murders
1 June 1984
Wahroonga, New South Wales
0005 !5
0000 !0
Rampage killing by John Brandon, who shot dead five members of his family before killing himself.[6]
cells: Milperra massacre
2 September 1984
Milperra, New South Wales
0007 !7
0028 !28
Shootout between two rival motorcycle gangs. 1 bystander was among those killed in the incident
cells: Top End Shootings
June 1987
Top End, Northern Territory
0005 !5
Spree killing by Joseph Schwab over a five-day period. Shot dead by police
cells: Hoddle Street massacre
9 August 1987
Clifton Hill, Victoria
0007 !7
A Spree shooting by Julian Knight
cells: Canley Vale Huynh family murders
10 October 1987
Canley Vale, New South Wales
0005 !5
Rampage killing by John Tran, who shot dead 5 members of a family
cells: Queen Street massacre
8 December 1987
Melbourne, Victoria
0008 !8
A spree shooting/murder–suicide by Frank Vitkovic
cells: Oenpelli shootings
25 September 1988
Oenpelli, Northern Territory
0006 !6
0000 !0
Rampage killing by Dennis Rostron, six members of his family at a remote Arnhem Land outstation in Oenpelli[7]
cells: Surry Hills shootings
30 August 1990
Surry Hills, New South Wales
0005 !5
0007 !7
A spree shooting by Paul Anthony Evers who killed 5 people and injured 7 with a 12 gauge pump-action shotgun at a public housing precinct in Surry Hills before surrendering to police.[8]
cells: Strathfield massacre
17 August 1991
Strathfield, New South Wales
0007 !7
A spree shooting/murder–suicide by Wade Frankum
cells: Central Coast massacre
27 October 1992
Terrigal, New South Wales
0006 !6
A spree shooting by Malcolm George Baker
cells: 1993 Cangai siege
March 1993
Cangai, New South Wales
0005 !5
0000 !0
Leonard Leabeater, Robert Steele and Raymond Bassett went on a nine-day rampage resulting in their taking hostages in a siege in a farmhouse at Hanging Rock Station in Cangai
cells: Hillcrest murders
25 January 1996
Hillcrest, Queensland
0006 !6
0000 !0
Rampage killing by Peter May, who shot dead six members of his family before killing himself[9]
cells: Port Arthur massacre
28 April 1996
Port Arthur, Tasmania
0035 !35
0024 !24
A spree shooting by Martin Bryant
cells: Murder Suicide
28 June 1997
Richmond, Tasmania
005 !5
Peter Shoobridge cut the throat of his 4 daughters whilst they slept then took his own life with a rifle after cutting off one of his hands with an axe. [10]
cells: Wright St Bikie Murders
8 October 1999
Adelaide, Australia
0003 !3
000 !0
Hell's Angels feud[11]
cells: Childers Palace Backpackers Hostel fire
23 June 2000
Childers, Queensland
0015 !15
unknown
Arson attack by Robert Paul Long, which killed 15 international backpackers
cells: Monash University shooting
21 October 2002
Melbourne, Victoria
002 !2
005 !5
Mass shooting attack by Huan Yun "Allen" Xiang
cells: Churchill Fire
7 February 2009
Churchill, Victoria
0010 !10
unknown
Arson attack by Brendan Sokaluk that killed 10 people, during the Black Saturday bushfires period
cells: Lin family murders
18 July 2009
North Epping, New South Wales
0005 !5
unknown
Blunt instrument attack that killed 5 members of the Lin family
cells: Quakers Hill nursing home fire
18 November 2011
Sydney, NSW
0011 !11
Arson attack by Roger Kingsley Dean, a nurse, which killed 11 people
cells: Rozelle fire murders
4 September 2014
Rozelle, New South Wales
0003 !3
0002 !2
Arson attack by Adeel Khan which killed 3 and injured another 2.[12]
cells: Hunt family murders
9 September 2014
Lockhart, New South Wales
0005 !5
0000 !0
A Mass shooting and Familicide by Geoff Hunt who killed his wife and three children before turning the gun on himself
cells: Sydney Siege
15 - 16 December 2014
Sydney, NSW
0008 !3
0001 !4
Siege. A lone gunman, Man Haron Monis, held hostage ten customers and eight employees of a Lindt chocolate café located at Martin Place in Sydney, Australia. The NSW Police Tactical Operations Unit shot Monis dead, after he executed a hostage. In the exchange five others were hit by Police bullet fragments, causing accidental death to one of them.
cells: Cairns child killings
19 December 2014
Cairns, Queensland
0008 !8
0001 !1 (self-inflicted by perpetrator)
Stabbing attack. 8 children aged 18 months to 15 years killed. Thirty-seven-year-old woman also found injured. The woman, Raina Mersane Ina Thaiday, was later charged with the murder of the children, 7 of whom were hers, plus her niece.[13]
cells: 2017 Melbourne car attack
20 January 2017
Melbourne, Victoria
0006 !6
0030 !30
Vehicular attack. Dimitrious Gargasoulas drove a Holden Commodore into Bourke St Mall, resulting in the deaths of 6 people and injuring 30+ others.

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answer: answerTexts: Monash University shooting