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| 1985 |
| | | Peter Carey publishes Illywhacker, a novel narrated by a 139-year-old Australian | |
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| 1985 |
| | | French agents blow up Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior in Auckland harbour | |
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| 1985 |
| | | Ayers Rock is returned to the Mutitjulu people and given its Aboriginal name, Uluru | |
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| 1987 |
| | | Robert Hughes describes the penal system of colonial Australia in The Fatal Shore | |
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| 1988 |
| | | Australian author Peter Carey's novel Oscar and Lucinda wins the Booker Prize | |
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| 1992 |
| | | The Mabo Case in Australia establishes Aboriginal common law land rights | |
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| 1994 |
| | | The New Zealand government pays compensation to the Waikato tribe in the first of several settlements for land illegally seized | |
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| 1996 |
| | | Liberal leader John Howard heads the winning coalition in Australia's general election | |
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| 1996 |
| | | In the Wik Decision the Australian High Court gives strong support to Aboriginal land rights | |
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| 1997 |
| | | The Australian report Bringing Them Home confirms widespread forcible removal of Aboriginal children from their parents | |
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