The Black War is the bloodiest chapter in the history of Van Diemen’s Land, now Tasmania. The war lasted from 1824 (1826, according to some historians) to 1832 and was punctuated by three main events.
W. G.,” states that Mr. Ling Roth “objects to calling the blackfellows aborigines, as he holds that Australia was first occupied by a negroid people who have been supplanted, by the present race.
We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work.
After a four-year wait, a case against construction company Boral of interfering with Aboriginal relics at one of its Tasmanian sites has progressed in court. What’s next. Court documents filed ...