Black War

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The Black War was a violent conflict in early 19th-century Tasmania marked by brutal frontier clashes and dispossession of the Aboriginal Palawa people by British colonists.

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Black War in Tasmania 6
Black War canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian frontier wars
frontier conflict
war of colonization
belligerent Aboriginal Tasmanians
British colonial authorities
British colonists in Tasmania
Palawa people
convict stock-keepers
free settlers in Tasmania
cause Aboriginal resistance to dispossession
competition for land and resources
expansion of British pastoral settlement
characterizedBy frontier skirmishes
kidnapping of Aboriginal women and children
massacres of Aboriginal people
reprisal raids
summary executions
use of military and paramilitary forces
commander George Arthur
commanderRole Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land
conflictType ethnic conflict
frontier violence
guerrilla warfare
country Australia
describedAs one of the most intense conflicts of the Australian frontier wars
endTime 1832
hasEffect drastic decline in Aboriginal Tasmanian population
long-term trauma for Palawa descendants
historicalRegion British Empire
location Tasmania
Van Diemen's Land
linked to: Colony of Tasmania
mainTheater Tasmanian interior
eastern Tasmania
linked to: East Coast Tasmania

midlands of Tasmania
notableEvent Black Line
military operations of 1830
rounding up of Aboriginal people
opponent Aboriginal Tasmanians
British colonists in Tasmania
Palawa people
partOf British colonisation of Australia
colonisation of Tasmania
period early 19th century
rememberedFor brutal frontier clashes
dispossession of the Palawa people
result dispossession of Aboriginal land
establishment of British control over Tasmania
forced removal of surviving Aboriginal Tasmanians
near-destruction of Aboriginal Tasmanian society
startTime 1820s
circa 1824

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British colonisation of Australia significantEvent Black War in Tasmania
linked to: Black War
Tasmanian Aboriginal people experiencedHistoricalEvent Black War in Tasmania
linked to: Black War
Oyster Bay people affectedBy Black War in Tasmania
linked to: Black War
Ben Lomond people affectedBy Black War in Tasmania
linked to: Black War
Tasmanian frontier conflict significantEvent Black War in Tasmania
linked to: Black War
Palawa languages affectedBy Black War in Tasmania
linked to: Black War