Hobart area, 1826. Following the alleged killing of 118 colonists by Aboriginal men in the settled districts the government authorised police magistrates to treat all Aboriginal people as 'open enemies' . This measure was considered by the press as a declaration of war against the Aborigines and was the beginning of what is known as 'The Black War.'
References for Captions
Ryan, L. (2012) Tasmanian Aborigines: A History since 1803. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. pp. 110-161
Clements, N. (2014) The Black War. Fear, Sex and Resistance in Tasmania. Brisbane: University of Queensland Press
pp 3-20
Settled Districts, Hobart area, 1828: Martial law is declared against Aboriginal clans in the Settled Districts around Hobart, and Indigenous Tasmanians are now considered 'Open enemies of the King.'
References:
Ryan, L. (2012) Tasmanian Aborigines: A History since 1803. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. pp. 110-161
Cape Grim, 1828. It is alleged that four shepherds employed by the Van Diemen’s Land Company shot dead 30 Aboriginals in retaliation for killing sheep. Official reports said that only six Aborigines were killed and then revised the number to three.
References:
Ryan, L. (2012) Tasmanian Aborigines: A History since 1803. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. pp. 110-161
Bruny Island, Tasmania. The original home of Truganini, one of the last full blooded Tasmanian Aboriginals. Truganini witnessed her mother being killed by whalers. Her fiancé was also killed while saving her from abduction, and in 1828, her two sisters were abducted and sold as slaves. She was consequently a freedom fighter for the rights of Aboriginal people.
East Coast of Tasmania, 1829/1830.
Settler Robert Ayton wrote to the colonial secretary and said: "On this occasion not less than sixteen (Aboriginal men) were massacred and gathered into heaps and buried."
References for Captions
Ryan, L. (2012) Tasmanian Aborigines: A History since 1803. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. pp. 110-161
Clements, N. (2014) The Black War. Fear, Sex and Resistance in Tasmania. Brisbane: University of Queensland Press
pp 3-20
Risdon Cove Massacre, 1804. Facts about deaths at this site are highly debated. One group claim that less than three Aboriginal people were killed during the conflict, while the majority of historians claim that over 30 Aboriginals were slaughtered. Image is over-laid with a John Glover painting.
References:
Ryan, L. (2012) Tasmanian Aborigines: A History since 1803. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. pp. 110-161
North of Hobart. Site of The Black Line, 1830: As a result of the on-going conflicts between New Settlers and Indigenous Tasmanians Governor Aurthur called for every British man to form a human chain to capture and kill Aboriginal clans. 'The Black Line' was the largest force ever assembled against Aborigines anywhere in Australia. Those captured were forcibly removed to a remote island around 200km from the Tasmanian mainland called Flinders Island, where many later died from influenza.
References:
Ryan, L. (2012) Tasmanian Aborigines: A History since 1803. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. pp. 110-161
Sally Peak, 1823. Aboriginal men kill two stock-keepers in reprisal for the abduction and rape of Aboriginal women. Stock-keepers attack and kill an unknown number of Aboriginal men in retaliation.
References:
Ryan, L. (2012) Tasmanian Aborigines: A History since 1803. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. pp. 110-161
Southern Districts of Tasmania, 1816 onwards. Kidnapping of Aboriginal Children becomes widespread. Government notices continue to outlaw the practice, to no avail. The deliberate removal of Indigenous children from their families to be placed into foster care, religious care and non-indigenous families continued well into the 1970s. The survivors of this atrocity are called The Stolen Generations.