Black War

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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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Black War in Tasmania 6
Black War canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian frontier wars ⓘ
frontier conflict ⓘ
war of colonization ⓘ
belligerent Aboriginal Tasmanians ⓘ
British colonial authorities ⓘ
British colonists in Tasmania ⓘ
Palawa people ⓘ
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 ⓘ
commanderRole Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land ⓘ
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 ⓘ
location Tasmania ⓘ
Van Diemen's Land ⓘ
linked to: Colony of Tasmania
mainTheater Tasmanian interior ⓘ
eastern Tasmania ⓘ
linked to: East Coast Tasmania

midlands of Tasmania ⓘ
notableEvent Black Line ⓘ
military operations of 1830 ⓘ
rounding up of Aboriginal people ⓘ
opponent Aboriginal Tasmanians ⓘ
British colonists in Tasmania ⓘ
Palawa people ⓘ
partOf British colonisation of Australia ⓘ
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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British colonisation of Australia → significantEvent → Black War in Tasmania ⓘ
linked to: Black War
Tasmanian Aboriginal people → experiencedHistoricalEvent → Black War in Tasmania ⓘ
linked to: Black War
Oyster Bay people → affectedBy → Black War in Tasmania ⓘ
linked to: Black War
Ben Lomond people → affectedBy → Black War in Tasmania ⓘ
linked to: Black War
Tasmanian frontier conflict → significantEvent → Black War in Tasmania ⓘ
linked to: Black War
Palawa languages → affectedBy → Black War in Tasmania ⓘ
linked to: Black War