Black War
Period of violent conflict between British colonists and Aboriginal Australians in Tasmania / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Black War was a period of violent conflict between British colonists and Aboriginal Tasmanians in Tasmania from the mid-1820s to 1832, as British settlement spread rapidly over the traditional Aboriginal lands.
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Black War | |||||||
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Part of the Australian frontier wars | |||||||
An 1833 painting of Aboriginal Tasmanians attacking Milton Farm near Great Swanport | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
British Empire | Aboriginal Tasmanians | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Dead: 219 Wounded: 218 Total: 437[1] | 600–900 dead |
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The conflict was fought largely as a guerrilla war by both sides; some 600 to 900 Aboriginal people and more than 200 British colonists died.[2][3] The near-destruction of the Aboriginal Tasmanians and the frequent incidence of mass killings have sparked debate among historians over whether the Black War should be defined as an act of genocide by the British colonists.[4]