List of conflicts in Australia

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.

The hangings on Long Island [ where? ] as illustrated in the Lucas de Vries 1649 edition of Ongeluckige Voyagie .
Mounted police engaging Indigenous Australians during the Slaughterhouse Creek massacre of 1838
A group of Indigenous Australians attacking a shepherds hut
Eureka Stockade Riot. J. B. Henderson (1854) watercolour
A painting depicting the Castle Hill convict rebellion
A painting showing a hospital ship on fire and sinking. In the foreground, a man and a woman cling to a spar to keep afloat, while other people are shown leaving the ship by lifeboat or jumping overboard. The poster is captioned across the top with the words "WORK • SAVE • FIGHT", and across the bottom with "and so AVENGE THE NURSES!"
A propaganda poster calling for Australians to avenge the sinking of Centaur