Port Phillip District Wars
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| Port Phillip District Wars | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| European settlers | Aboriginal Australians | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 7-11 | 361-1,358 | ||||||
The Port Phillip District Wars is a name given to a series of violent encounters between European settlers and Aboriginal Australians in the Port Phillip District.[1] [2] They included the:
- Convincing Ground massacre
- Battle of Broken River
- Campaspe Plains massacre
- the Blood Hole massacre
- the Gippsland massacres
- Mount Cottrell massacre
References
[edit ]- ^ "Aboriginal history timeline (1770 - 1899)", Creative Spirits accessed 25 February 2014
- ^ "'Aboriginal wars' memorial plan under fire", News.com.au 8 June 2008 accessed 25 February 2014