Oyster Bay people

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The Oyster Bay people are an Aboriginal Tasmanian group traditionally associated with the eastern and southeastern regions of Tasmania.

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Oyster Bay people canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Aboriginal Tasmanian group
Indigenous people of Australia
affectedBy Black War in Tasmania
linked to: Black War

British colonisation of Tasmania
associatedWith coastal environments
marine resources
continent Australia
country Australia
ethnicGroupOf Tasmania
hasCulturalPractice fire-stick farming
seasonal movement between inland and coast
shell midden creation
stone tool use
hasCulturalRegion Derwent River region
Freycinet Peninsula region
linked to: Freycinet Peninsula

Maria Island region
Tasman Peninsula region
linked to: Tasman Peninsula

east coast of Tasmania
hasFoodSource fish
land mammals
plant foods
seals
shellfish
hasHistoricalStatus severely impacted by disease and violence after European contact
hasLifestyle hunter-gatherer
hasModernDescendants Tasmanian Aboriginal community
knownFor use of land and sea resources
use of shellfish resources
languageFamily Tasmanian languages
locatedIn Tasmania
partOf Tasmanian Aboriginal peoples
recognizedAs distinct Aboriginal group in historical ethnographic records
relatedGroup Big River people
North East people
linked to: North East England

North Midlands people
South East people
timePeriod pre-colonial Tasmania
traditionalRegion eastern Tasmania
linked to: East Coast Tasmania

southeastern Tasmania

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Palawa people hasSubgroup Oyster Bay people
Ben Lomond people ethnicallyRelatedTo Oyster Bay people