Black War

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Australian frontier wars frontier conflict war of colonization

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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Surface form	Occurrences
Black War in Tasmania	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Australian frontier wars ⓘ frontier conflict ⓘ war of colonization ⓘ
belligerent	Aboriginal Tasmanians NERFINISHED ⓘ British colonial authorities ⓘ British colonists in Tasmania ⓘ Palawa people NERFINISHED ⓘ 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
commanderRole	Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Tasmania NERFINISHED ⓘ Van Diemen's Land NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainTheater	Tasmanian interior ⓘ eastern Tasmania NERFINISHED ⓘ midlands of Tasmania ⓘ
notableEvent	Black Line NERFINISHED ⓘ military operations of 1830 ⓘ rounding up of Aboriginal people ⓘ
opponent	Aboriginal Tasmanians NERFINISHED ⓘ British colonists in Tasmania ⓘ Palawa people NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	British colonisation of Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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Palawa people → experiencedHistoricalEvent → Black War ⓘ

British colonisation of Australia → significantEvent → Black War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Black War in Tasmania