Tasmanian Aboriginal are people forcibly settled on Flinders Island. Conditions are appalling and many die. Later the community is moved to Cape Barren Island. Governor Stirling leads 25 mounted police against Aborigines. Official records say 14 Aboriginal people are killed.
Aboriginal accounts suggest a tribe is wiped out in the attack.
1837 British Select Committee examines the treatment of Indigenous people in all British colonies. Australian colonies are particularly criticised. Recommendation that Protectors of Aborigines be appointed. Near Inverell settlers shoot and burn 28 Aborigines, mostly women and children. The first massacre of Aborigines in Australian history where offenders are punished under Australian law.