1788-1888
- William Barak (1824–1903) - ngurungaeta of Wurundjeri, police tracker, then artist
- Bennelong - Representative of the Eora People at the time Port Jackson was settled.
- Billibellary (1799–1846) - ngurungaeta of the Wurundjeri-willam clan
- Calyute - Leader of the Pindjarup people at the time of the Battle of Pinjarra
- Derrimut - Bunurong elder during European settlement of Melbourne
- Jackey Jackey, assisted Edmund Kennedy expedition into Cape York and awarded solid silver breastplate for heroic deeds.
- Jandamarra, a Bunuba man who resisted European occupation
- William Lanne - King Billy, last surviving male of the Oyster Cove clan of Tasmanian Aborigines
- Mannalargenna - Tasmanian Aborigine of the Plangermaireener people
- Mokare - Noongar guide and peacemaker.
- Johnny Mullagh - Aborigine cricketer who was known for his remarkable performance in the 1868 Aborigine cricket team's tour of England.
- Musquito - Originally from Sydney, became a bushranger following transportation to Tasmania
- Tommy Windich -- Western Australian explorer
- Pemulwuy -- Member of the Eora people (Botany Bay) area
- Fanny Cochrane Smith - First Tasmanian Aborigine born on Flinders Island
- Truganini -- last surviving full-blooded Tasmanian Aborigine
- Turandurey -- she and daughter Ballandella traveled with Major Mitchell, acting as interpreter
- Tullamareena -- member of Wirundgeri, Melbourne
- Simon Wonga (1824–1874) - ngurungaeta of the Wurundjeri people around Melbourne who secured land at Coranderrk, and the suburb Wonga Park was named after him
- Yagan -- Western Australian leader in 1830s
- Yarri -- who saved many people in the 1852 floods at Gundagai, New South Wales
- Wylie -- Aboriginal guide who stayed with Edward John Eyre in their crossing of the Nullabor
Read more about this topic: List Of Indigenous Australian Historical Figures