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In 1804, the first major massacre of Aboriginal Tasmanians occurred a few months after the establishment of the first British settlements at Risdon Cove and Hobart. The 1804 Risdon Cove massacre resulted in a large number of Aboriginal people being killed after an attack by British soldiers and settlers.
Robert Hobart May (c.1801 – ? 23 March 1832) was an Aboriginal Tasmanian of the Mouheneener clan who, as a very young child, survived the 1804 Risdon Cove massacre to become the first Indigenous Tasmanian person to be baptised and live in colonial British society.
The transfer of ownership which brought free broadcasting to Hobart for the first time, was in time for Hobart listeners to receive news that the first Tasmanian born Prime Minister, Joseph Lyons had been appointed. 7ZL was broadcast on the 580 AM frequency with a one-kilowatt transmitter. By 1937 the Hobart audience had grown sufficiently to ...
Bennelong (c.1764 - 1813) representative of the Dharug people and pioneering interlocutor with the British; Beetaloo Jangari Bill (1910 - 1983) a Warumungu and Gurindji man who worked as a labourer and became an elder of his people; Billiamook (c. 1853) a Larrakia man and one of the first people to interact with white settlers in Garramilla
On that day, some 17.5 million registered voters will be asked whether Australia should change the constitution to include a permanent body made up of First Nations people to advise the government ...
First time First Nations children were forcibly removed from their families as a result of government policies. Now known as the "Stolen Generation". 1912. First Indigenous Australian to win a national boxing title: Jerry Jerome (middleweight). [25] First Indigenous Australian to be awarded a medal for gallantry: Neighbour (Albert Medal). [26] 1916
In 1823 the Presbyterian Church's first official ministry in Australia occurred in Hobart and the first Tasmanian bank, Bank of Van Diemen's Land, was established. The inauguration of the Supreme Court occurred in 1824, as did the opening of Cascade Brewery , Australia's longest continuously operating Brewery.
By 1823 the population of Aboriginal people was estimated at around 2,000. Dogs were first introduced to Tasmania by British colonists, used to hunt game, such as kangaroos. Aboriginal people, convicts and settlers used the dogs as a way to source food and also used dog fur for clothing and shoes.