Tasmanian frontier conflict

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Australian frontier conflict colonial war conflict involving Indigenous peoples frontier conflict

The Tasmanian frontier conflict was a violent period of colonial expansion and resistance in 19th-century Tasmania, marked by widespread dispossession, warfare, and atrocities against the island’s Aboriginal peoples.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Australian frontier conflict ⓘ colonial war ⓘ conflict involving Indigenous peoples ⓘ frontier conflict ⓘ
characterisedBy	atrocities against Aboriginal communities ⓘ forced removals of Aboriginal people ⓘ frontier violence ⓘ massacres of Aboriginal people ⓘ raids on settler farms ⓘ reprisal attacks by settlers and soldiers ⓘ use of military and paramilitary forces ⓘ widespread dispossession ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
describedBySource	Australian colonial histories ⓘ Tasmanian Aboriginal oral histories ⓘ
endTime	1830s ⓘ c. 1832 ⓘ
hasCause	British colonial expansion in Tasmania ⓘ competition over land and resources ⓘ dispossession of Tasmanian Aboriginal peoples ⓘ settler encroachment on Aboriginal lands ⓘ violence by colonists against Aboriginal people ⓘ
hasEffect	entrenchment of colonial control over Tasmania ⓘ large-scale dispossession of Aboriginal land ⓘ long-term trauma for Aboriginal communities ⓘ near-destruction of many Tasmanian Aboriginal communities ⓘ severe population decline of Tasmanian Aboriginal peoples ⓘ
hasTopic	Indigenous resistance to colonisation ⓘ colonialism in Australia ⓘ violence against Indigenous peoples in Australia ⓘ
historicalPeriod	19th century ⓘ
locatedIn	Tasmania NERFINISHED ⓘ Van Diemen's Land NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainLocation	British colony of Van Diemen's Land ⓘ
natureOfConflict	ethnic conflict ⓘ guerrilla warfare ⓘ resistance to colonisation ⓘ
opponent	British colonists in Tasmania NERFINISHED ⓘ Tasmanian Aboriginal peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
participant	British colonists in Tasmania ⓘ Tasmanian Aboriginal peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ civilian settlers in Tasmania ⓘ colonial military forces in Van Diemen's Land ⓘ
partOf	Australian frontier wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	consolidation of British control over Tasmania ⓘ loss of Aboriginal access to traditional lands ⓘ marginalisation of Tasmanian Aboriginal peoples ⓘ
significantEvent	Black War in Tasmania NERFINISHED ⓘ military operations against Aboriginal groups ⓘ rounding up and removal of Aboriginal survivors ⓘ
startTime	c. 1803 ⓘ early 19th century ⓘ

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Palawa people → experiencedHistoricalEvent → Tasmanian frontier conflict ⓘ