It is the first massacre of Aboriginal people in Australian history where the offenders are punished by law. Punitive expedition is led against Aboriginal people in Namoi, Gwydir and Big Rivers areas of New South Wales. German settlers, members of Old Lutheran church fleeing religious persecution in Prussia, begin to arrive in South Australia. First full-time ethnic schools in Australia are established by German settlers in South Australia. Chinese, Italian, Greek, German settlers 1840s Chinese, Italian and Greek migration begins.
German missionaries arrive in South Australia.
Massacres of Aboriginal people 1840 Massacre of Aboriginal people occurs at Long Lagoon where the entire community is killed. Transportation of convicts to New South Wales ends. The last convict transport, The Eden , arrives in Sydney. Depression in Australian colonies leads to a halt in assisted migration. Massacre of Aboriginal people occurs at Rufus River with 30 dead.