Maps

The regions marked on this map are derived from events in this war, beginning with massacres. The regions indicated are likely to change as more events are added to the massacres.

For more maps of periods and regions see Wars

AIATSIS Map of Indigenous Australia
The AIATSIS Map of Indigenous Australia provides a general idea of the many Indigenous, Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, or First Nations peoples of Australia.
Austlang
Austlang shows Indigenous languages of Australia, providing another way of looking at the many Indigenous, Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, or First Nations peoples of Australia.
Native Title
The Native Title Tribunal provides maps of applications and claims, successful and unsuccessful, which can help understand the location of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, their lands and waters, and outcomes.
Maps of Traditional Culture
Maps of traditional culture, trade routes and journey ways help understand why some regions were more important than others, and the vast distances across which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people routinely communicated. This is important for appreciating coordination of resistance over large areas. The Bunya Maps are one example. WA Journey Ways is another.

Colonial maps can help understand where colonists were at various times, and to locate homesteads and towns referenced in historical texts.

Trove
Trove has an excellent collection of digitised maps useful for research on Australian colonisation. Best results are from using advanced search to limit the search to maps within specific dates and regions, and setting 'access' to 'online'. Eg: Maps of NSW from 1830 to 1840.
Pastoral Stations
Digitally mapping every individual historical pastoral station would be an enormous task. This simple map at least provides access to some of the most useful and detailed online maps of pastoral stations for each state. Look for the 'linkback' which goes to the relevant map in Trove.
Colonial Frontier Massacres, Australia, 1788 to 1930
This map shows that violence occurred across the entire continent of Australia over time as regions were colonised. This helps understand the pattern of colonisation and violence across the continent, as well as being a research tool with details and sources on each massacre.

Some maps provide greater detail about specific conflicts or massacres. Maps like these help better understand each war and resistance movement.

Mapping Frontier Conflict in South East Queensland
These maps show in great detail manouvres and regions of influence during wars and resistance in South East Queensland.
Coniston Massacres
This map of Coniston Massacres shows sites where people were killed on the 3 expeditions according to both historical sources and Indigenous knowledge. It shows the wide spread of the expeditions and a clear intent to eradicate people from the region.
South Road War
This map of early conflict in present day Victoria on the overland road south from Sydney to Naarm compares a variety of events: massacres, raids, retreats and establishment of 'police' bases (these police were primarily recruited from active military).

Maps of missions, reserves and other institutions help understand the aftermath when many people were removed to or forced to retreat to missions, reserves and other institutions. Violence and resistance continued in different forms in this period.

Map of Stolen Generations Institutions
The Healing Foundations map shows 'many of the institutions, reserves and missions that Stolen Generations children were known or thought to have been forcibly removed to.'
Historical Frontier Violence
The Historical Frontier Violence project has produced a map comparing historical violence with later outcomes, including massacres, stolen generations institutions, geographical characteristics and results of the Voice referendum.

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