Palawa
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Palawa are the Aboriginal Tasmanian people, the Indigenous inhabitants of the island of Tasmania in Australia with a distinct cultural and linguistic heritage.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Aboriginal Tasmanian people
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Indigenous people ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOf | Tasmania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Palawa people
NERFINISHED
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Tasmanian Aboriginal people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasArtForm |
Contemporary Aboriginal Tasmanian art
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Traditional craftwork using shell necklaces ⓘ |
| hasConnectionTo | Bass Strait Islander communities NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalHeritage | Distinct Tasmanian Aboriginal culture ⓘ |
| hasCulturalPractice |
Body scarification
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Complex kinship systems ⓘ Fire management of landscape ⓘ Oral storytelling traditions ⓘ Seasonal movement across country ⓘ Shell midden construction ⓘ Use of ochre ⓘ |
| hasDemographics | Population significantly reduced by 19th-century violence and disease ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalEvent |
Affected by the Black War in Tasmania
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Experienced cultural and linguistic disruption ⓘ Experienced severe population decline after British colonisation ⓘ Subject to forced removal to Flinders Island in the 19th century ⓘ Subject to policies of dispossession and segregation ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Palawa kani NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguageFamily | Tasmanian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguageStatus |
Original Tasmanian languages largely extinct as first languages
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Palawa kani used as a constructed community language ⓘ |
| hasLegalStatus | Recognised as Indigenous people of Tasmania ⓘ |
| hasModernDevelopment |
Cultural revival movements
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Land rights campaigns ⓘ Language reconstruction efforts ⓘ Political activism for recognition ⓘ |
| hasNotableIssue |
Debates over identity and descent in Tasmania
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Ongoing efforts for cultural preservation ⓘ Struggle for repatriation of ancestral remains ⓘ |
| hasOrganization |
Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania
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Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReligion |
Christianity (partly through missionisation)
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Traditional Aboriginal spiritual beliefs ⓘ |
| hasTraditionalEconomy | Hunter-gatherer ⓘ |
| hasTraditionalSubsistence |
Fishing
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Hunting land animals ⓘ Plant food gathering ⓘ Shellfish gathering ⓘ |
| hasTraditionalTerritory | Entire island of Tasmania prior to British colonisation ⓘ |
| indigenousTo |
Bass Strait Islands
NERFINISHED
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Tasmania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Tasmania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Aboriginal Australians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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