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The Black Line was an event that occurred in Tasmania in 1830.

 

After years of conflict between the British colonists and the indigenous people Governor George Arthur decided to remove all aboriginal people from the settled areas. To this end he called upon every able bodied man, convict or free, to form a human chain to corral the indigenous people on the Tasman Peninsula. The incident though inefficient, traumatized the indigenous population so much they willingly accepted removal from Tasmania to the Flinders Island settlement. They never returned.

 

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