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Impact of European settlement on Aboriginal Tasmanians video

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Painting shows Aboriginal people aiming spears at European man
Impact of European settlement on Aboriginal Tasmanians video

SUBJECTS:  History

YEARS:  3–4, 5–6, 9–10


Aboriginal Tasmanians had inhabited Tasmania for over 40,000 years before the arrival of European settlers.

What do you think life was like for Aboriginal Tasmanians before then?

Why might have they embarked on a war, called the 'Black War', once settlers began arriving in Tasmania, despite existing relatively peacefully with European explorers and scientists before then?


Acknowledgements

Video © Australian National Maritime Museum.


Production Date: 2016


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