page_title: List of conflicts in Australia
section_title: 19th century
hierarchical_section_title: List of conflicts in Australia / 19th century
caption_attribution_description: English: A painting by an unknown artist is of the Battle of Vinegar Hill, where several hundred convicts broke out of Castle Hill prison farm to take on the British redcoats. Photo: National Library of Australia
context_page_description: 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.
context_section_description: 1804: Castle Hill convict rebellion
  1808–1810: Rum Rebellion
  1821–1827: Bathurst Wars
  1824: Bathurst massacre
  1828: Cape Grim massacre
  1828–1832: Black War
  1830s–1840s: Wiradjuri Wars
  1830: Bathurst Rebellion
  1833 or 1834: Convincing Ground massacre
  1834: Battle of Pinjarra
  1838: Waterloo Creek massacre
  1838: Myall Creek massacre
  1838: Faithfull massacre
  1839: Murdering Gully massacre
  1839: Campaspe Plains massacre
  1840: Battle of Yering
  1843: Warrigal Creek massacre
  1840–1850: Gippsland massacres
  1845: Battle of One Tree Hill
  1849: Avenue Range Station massacre
  1850s: Richmond River massacres
  1851–1854: Eureka Rebellion
  1851: Forest Creek Monster Meeting
  1853: Anti-Gold Licence Association
  1853: Bendigo Petition
  1854: Ballarat Reform League
  1854: Battle of Eureka Stockade
  1857: Hornet Bank massacre
  1857–1858: Massacre of the Yeeman
  1860–1861: Lambing Flat Riots
  1861: Battle of Yindurupilly
  1861: Cullin-La-Ringo massacre
  1865: La Grange expedition
  1867: Goulbolba Hill massacre
  1868: Flying Foam Massacre
  1873: Battle Camp massacre
  1874–1875: Blackfellow's Creek massacre
  1874: Barrow Creek massacre
  1879: Cape Bedford massacre
  1884: Battle of Battle Mountain
  1880s–1890s: Arnhem Wars
  1890: Speewah massacre
  1891: Australian shearers' strike
caption: A painting depicting the Castle Hill convict rebellion
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