Colonial Frontier Massacres

Colonial Frontier Massacres in Australia from the Colonial Frontier Massacres map project, hosted at the University of Newcastle. 

This layer includes information about frontier massacres in Australia between 1788, when British colonisation began until 1930. Only frontier massacres for which sufficient evidence could be found are included. The map includes information about frontier massacres of non-Aboriginal people such as colonists and others in Australia in the same period.

To fully understand the information presented here please read the Introduction">https://c21ch.newcastle.edu.au/colonialmassacres/introduction.php">Introduction at the Colonial Frontier Massacres website.

Ryan, Lyndall; Debenham, Jennifer; Pascoe, Bill; Smith, Robyn; Owen, Chris; Richards, Jonathan; Gilbert, Stephanie; Anders, Robert J; Usher, Kaine; Price, Daniel; Newley, Jack; Brown, Mark; Craig, Hugh. Colonial Frontier Massacres in Australia 1788-1930 Newcastle: University of Newcastle, 2017-2024, https://c21ch.newcastle.edu.au/colonialmassacres">https://c21ch.newcastle.edu.au/colonialmassacres">https://c21ch.newcastle.edu.au/colonialmassacres (accessed 17/11/2024).

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Ryan, Lyndall; Debenham, Jennifer; Pascoe, Bill; Gilbert, Stephanie; Smith, Robyn; Brown, Mark; Price, Daniel; Newley, Jack. Colonial Frontier Massacres in Eastern Australia 1788 to 1930, v2.1 Newcastle: University of Newcastle, 2018, https://c21ch.newcastle.edu.au/colonialmassacres (accessed">https://c21ch.newcastle.edu.au/colonialmassacres">https://c21ch.newcastle.edu.au/colonialmassacres (accessed 30/10/2018). Funded by ARC:">http://www.arc.gov.au/">ARC: DP 140100399.

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