The Tasmanian Aborigines

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Indigenous people
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Palawa
gptkbp:archaeologicalSite Rock shelters
Middens
gptkbp:artifactsFound canoes
shell necklaces
gptkbp:colonialImpact gptkb:disease
gptkb:murder
displacement
gptkbp:coreBelief spiritual connection to land
gptkbp:culturalHeritage protected under Australian law
gptkbp:culturalPractice fire management
shell stringing
gptkbp:culturalRevitalization ongoing
gptkbp:culture hunter-gatherer
gptkbp:currentOrganizations gptkb:Tasmanian_Aboriginal_Centre
Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania
gptkbp:descendedFrom present in modern Tasmania
gptkbp:diet plants
shellfish
marine animals
gptkbp:EuropeanContact 1803 (British settlement)
gptkbp:firstContactWithEuropeans 17th century
gptkbp:forcedRemoval gptkb:Flinders_Island
gptkbp:genocide subject of historical debate
gptkbp:hasHistoricSite gptkb:Risdon_Cove
Preminghana
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Tasmanian Aborigines
gptkbp:language Palawa languages
gptkbp:languageRevival gptkb:Palawa_kani
gptkbp:languageStatus extinct (original languages)
gptkbp:lastFullBloodedPerson gptkb:Truganini
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Tasmania
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Black_War
gptkb:Black_Line
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Fanny_Cochrane_Smith
gptkb:Truganini
gptkbp:population severely reduced after European colonization
thousands identify as descendants
gptkbp:preColonialPopulationEstimate 3,000 to 15,000
gptkbp:recognizedBy gptkb:Government_of_India
gptkbp:repatriationEfforts return of ancestral remains
gptkbp:traditionalDress animal skins
gptkbp:traditionalEconomy trade
seasonal migration
gptkbp:traditionalShelter bark huts
gptkbp:traditionalTerritory entire island of Tasmania
gptkbp:transportation reed canoes
gptkbp:uses stone tools
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Peggy_Plomley
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7