Kalkadoon Wars

The Kalkadoon Wars
Date 1870-1890 Location Mount Isa region, western Queensland Result British victory
Belligerents
British colonists	Kalkadoon people
Casualties and losses
	900

The Kalkadoon Wars were a series of encounters between European colonists and the Kalkadoon people of Australia.

Europeans started settling in the Kalkadoon's homelands around 1860. At first relations were peaceful but as numbers of new settlers increased, things became more hostile and the Kalkadoons eventually resorted to guerrilla war.^[1]

Battle Mountain

In 1884 the Kalkadoons killed five native police and a prominent pastoralist. The Queensland government sent in heavily armed police and ended up fighting the Kalkadoon at Battle Mountain. The Europeans were ultimately victorious.^[2]

References

1. "Kalkadoon", Chern'ee Sutton accessed 19 February 2014
2. "The Land", Australian Museum accessed 19 February 2014