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== Early History ==

== Early History ==

Prior to contact from [[Europe]], Tasmania was home to a number of indigenous groups. It is estimated that when Europeans arrived in Tasmania there were between 4000 and 10,000 Tasmanian [[Aborigines]], in 9 tribes.<ref>[http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/abs@.nsf/0/f6fa372655dcc15fca256c3200241893?OpenDocument 1384.6 - Statistics - Tasmania, 2005 >> History >> Aboriginal occupation] Australian Bureau of Statistics. Accessed 21 March 2007.</ref> Most of these were systematically killed by the white colonists in the first 50 years of colonisation.<ref>[http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/abs@.nsf/0/0D3893BEE905CA98CA256C3200241894?opendocument 1384.6 - Statistics - Tasmania, 2005 >> History >> 1803-1850s, British outpost] Australian Bureau of Statistics. Accessed 21 March 2007.</ref>

Prior to contact from [[Europe]], Tasmania was home to a number of indigenous groups. It is estimated that when Europeans arrived in Tasmania there were between 4000 and 10,000 [[Tasmanian Aborigines]], in 9 tribes.<ref>[http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/abs@.nsf/0/f6fa372655dcc15fca256c3200241893?OpenDocument 1384.6 - Statistics - Tasmania, 2005 >> History >> Aboriginal occupation] Australian Bureau of Statistics. Accessed 21 March 2007.</ref> Most of these were systematically killed by the white colonists in the first 50 years of colonisation.<ref>[http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/abs@.nsf/0/0D3893BEE905CA98CA256C3200241894?opendocument 1384.6 - Statistics - Tasmania, 2005 >> History >> 1803-1850s, British outpost] Australian Bureau of Statistics. Accessed 21 March 2007.</ref>

== European Colonisation ==

== European Colonisation ==

==References==

==References==

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