1841

Events

May 1 - Indigenous Australian Genocide: approximately 13 Noongar people are massacred by a party of colonists in reprisal for killing civilians, at Wonnerup. The colonists were given orders to kill only the men and spare the women and children.
May 1 - Indigenous Australian Genocide: at Hornet's Nest in South Australia, an aboriginal camp is massacred by a police party in reprisal for attacks on livestock
August 27 - Indigenous Australian Genocide: under orders from governor George Grey, due to attacks on eleven settlers, a reprisal party of 70 men massacred approximately 30 natives, at the Rufus River.