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Tasmanian Aboriginal mythology also records in their oral history that the first men emigrated by land from a far-off country and the land was subsequently flooded – an echo of the Tasmanian people's migration from mainland Australia to (then) peninsular Tasmania, and the submergence of the land bridge after the last ice age.
Maulboyheenner (c.1816 - 1842) a Tasmanian Aboriginal resistance figure; Robert Hobart May (c.1801 - ?1832) massacre survivor and first Aboriginal Tasmanian to be baptised and live in British colonial society; Mokare (c.1800 - 1831) Noongar guide and peacemaker; Montpelliatta (c.1790 - 1836) an Aboriginal Tasmanian resistance leader
The history of Tasmania begins at the end of the Last Glacial Period (approximately 12,000 years ago) when it is believed that the island was joined to the Australian mainland. Little is known of the human history of the island until the British colonisation of Tasmania in the 19th century.
The British colonisation of Tasmania took place between 1803 and 1830. Known as Van Diemen's Land , the name changed to Tasmania , when the British government granted self-governance in 1856. [ 1 ] It was a colony from 1856 until 1901, at which time it joined five other colonies to form the Commonwealth of Australia .
In April 2000, the Tasmanian Government Legislative Council Select Committee on Aboriginal Lands discussed the difficulty of determining Aboriginality based on oral traditions. An example given by Prof. Cassandra Pybus was the claim by the Huon and Channel Aboriginal people who had an oral history of descent from two Aboriginal women. Research ...
The Toogee were an Aboriginal Tasmanian people who lived in Western Tasmania, Australia, before European settlement.Their Toogee people included Macquarie Harbour. [1]The Toogee consisted of two different bands, the Lowreenne and Mimegin. [2]
Robinson with Tasmanian Aborigines. Robinson arrived in Hobart in January 1824. He established himself as a builder and was soon employing several men. He was secretary of the Bethel Union and was a committee member of the Auxiliary Bible Society, also helping to found the Van Diemen's Land Mechanics' Institution.
Tunnerminnerwait was born on Robbins Island in Tasmania in 1812. He was the son of Keeghernewboyheener. [2] Tunnerminnerwait belonged to the Parperloihener clan of the Aboriginal North West nation in Tasmania. [3] His name means "waterbird". [2] Tunnerminnerwait spoke English well and was 5'7"(171 cm) tall. [3]