One hundred and fifty Aborigines are killed resisting arrest in the Kimberleys. 1869 Act for 'Protection and Management of Aboriginal natives' is passed in Victoria. The Board sets up Aboriginal reserves at sufficient distance from Town to keep contact with white society to a minimum. Jandamarra, or Pidgeon, an Aboriginal resistance fighter, declares war on white invaders in the West Kimberleys and prevents settlement for six years. In the Northern Territory the Aboriginal Ordinance Act forbids mining on Aboriginal Reserve Land.
Aboriginal records show scores more died.
The Arnhem Land Aboriginal Reserve is declared. On 26 January an Australian Aborigines Conference is held in Sydney. It is the first of many Aboriginal peaceful protest demonstrations against the inequality and injustice. NSW Government changes Aboriginal policy from Protection to Assimilation. 1940 NSW Aborigines Welfare Board replaces Aborigines Protection Board.