Tragedy in Van Diemen's Land

By Cunninghbd

  • Settlement

    The settlements of Hobart Town and Port Dalrymple were established in Van Diemen's Land.
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    Tragedy in Van Diemen's Land

    The genocide of the Tasmanian Aboriginals

  • The First Attack

    Hundreds of Aboriginals were killed trying to stop building and settlement in modern day Hobart.
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    The Black War

  • Colony

    Van Diemen's land became a seperate colony to New South Wales.

  • Racial exclusion

    Governor Arthur ordered all Aboriginal people to leave areeas that the colonists settled.

  • Relocation

    1829-1834 George Augustus Robinson, under goverment action helped relocate the few remaining Aboriginals to Flidners island. There they were forced to wear European clothing and attend Christian church.

  • Attempted capture

    Two thousand soldiers formed lines to drive out the Aboriginal people in the warring area.

  • Finshed relocating

    The Europeans had finished relaocating the Aboriginal people to Flinders Island to convert then to European life.

  • The remaining few

    47 survivors remained but were resettled to Oyster Bay near Hobart were they continued to die.

  • The Last One

    Truganini was the last survivor at Oyster bay.

  • No More

    Truganini died