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A Timeline of Tasmanian Aboriginal History


List of multiple killings of Aborigines in Tasmania: 1804-1835

Introduction Tasmania (known as Van Diemen's Land until 1855) was occupied for at least 30000 years by a hunter-gatherer people, the Tasmanian Aborigines, ...

1880 – 1948 | The Protection Era - Reconciliation Tasmania

... Historical Timeline » 1880 – 1948. 1880 – 1948 | The Protection Era ... This is the third dispossession and displacement of Aboriginal people in Tasmania.

Tasmanian Aborigines: A History Since 1803 - Lyndall Ryan

Tasmanian Aborigines were driven off their land so white settlers could produce fine wool for the English textile mills. By the time Truganini died in 1876, ...

Historical Context - The Stolen Generations | Bringing Them Home

Tasmanian Aboriginal people are resettled on Flinders Island without success. Later, the community is moved to Cape Barren Island. Flinders Council, Furneaux ...

A Brief Aboriginal History

It is estimated that over 750,000 Aboriginal people inhabited the island continent in 1788. The colonists were led to believe that the land was terra nullius (' ...

A searchable Aboriginal history timeline - Creative Spirits

Search this Australian Aboriginal timeline for any word, by Aboriginal topic or within specific years; from before 1788 to present day.

A History of Tasmania - Local Histories

The first European to see Tasmania was Abel Tasman who arrived in 1642. Captain Cook reached Tasmania in 1777. Then in 1798, Matthew Flinders became the first ...

Genocide in Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), 1803–1871 (Chapter 20)

There was an estimated 6,000 Aborigines (Palawa) living on the island with a history dating back over 40,000 years. By 1835, there were just ...

Calendar of Aboriginal Significant Dates and Events

The dates for NRW remain the same each year, 27 May to 3 June. These dates commemorate two significant milestones in the reconciliation journey – the successful ...

Timeline: 1800's - Racism. No Way!

Aboriginal people in Tasmania are forcibly removed and settled on Flinders Island. The living conditions lead to many deaths. Later the community is moved to ...

Australian Aboriginal peoples | History, Facts, & Culture - Britannica

Survey of the history, society, and culture of the Australian Aboriginal peoples, who are one of the two distinct Indigenous cultural groups ...

Tasmanian Aboriginals' health and wellbeing explored in visual ...

Through historical records, images, personal stories and insights, the timeline traces how Tasmanian Aboriginal ancestors lived on Country, ...

Aboriginal Launceston | The First Tasmanians of the Kanamaluka

... Aboriginal Tasmanians and inspire students to become critical thinkers and lifelong learners of history. ... ORIGINS & TIMELINE. ORIGINS. View. DEEP ...

Stories told by Aboriginal Tasmanians could be oldest recorded in ...

First Nations people have lived in Australia for more than 65,000 years. During this time, they have relied mainly on oral tradition to pass on ...

Dating Tasmanian Aboriginal oral traditions to the Late Pleistocene

B.E. Cohen, et al. Holocene-Neogene volcanism in northeastern Australia: chronology and eruption history. Quat. Geochronol., 39 (2017) ...

Aboriginal timeline: Remains repatriation - Creative Spirits

Natural History Museum, Britain agrees to return the remains of 18 Tasmanian Aboriginal people, but only after it conducted scientific tests on them.

Tasmanian Aboriginals' health and wellbeing explored in timeline

A timeline installation acknowledging the history of Tasmanian Aboriginals' health and wellbeing, from the impact of colonisation to their ...

History of Tasmania: timeline - ALAN CARLTON

About 10,000 years ago. -BC: Hobart land managed by band of aboriginals called Mouheneeer. They have been here for at least 35,000 years. 1642: Abel Tasman of ...

aboriginal and torres strait islander

TIMELINE pre. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture is the oldest ... Tasmanian Aboriginal people are forcibly settled on Flinders. Island. The ...

Timeline: Indigenous history post colonisation - AWS

The 'Black War' in Tasmania, involving large massacres of. Indigenous people and the extinction of some tribes and languages. The survivors of the massacres ...