NICHOLAS CLEMENTS The Black War: Fear, Sex and Resistance in Tasmania
Thursday 23 October 6.00 for 6.30pm Between 1825 and 1831 close to 200 Britons and 1000 Aborigines died violently in Tasmania’s Black War. It was by far the most intense frontier conflict in Australia’s history, yet many Australians know little about it. Nicholas Clements takes a deeply human look at the shocking violence and tragedy of the war, detailing raw personal accounts that shed light on the tribes, families and individuals involved as they struggled to survive in their turbulent world.
a compelling and challenging view of our early contact history Dr Nicholas Clements is an honorary research associate in the School of Humanities at the University of Tasmania who lives in Launceston.
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