The international geography . it in 1803 it was formally taken possession of on behalf of the British Crown,as a dependency of New South Wales, and a small convict settlement wasformed at Risdon on the Derwent. This was transferred in the followingyear to the opposite side of the river, the site of the present capital. Thei-land continued to be a dependency of New South Wales till 1825, whenit was constituted a separate colony, but transportation of convicts to VanDiemens Land continued until 1853. In 1856 the colony was grantedresponsible government, and the name changed to Tasmania.
The international geography . it in 1803 it was formally taken possession of on behalf of the British Crown,as a dependency of New South Wales, and a small convict settlement wasformed at Risdon on the Derwent. This was transferred in the followingyear to the opposite side of the river, the site of the present capital. Thei-land continued to be a dependency of New South Wales till 1825, whenit was constituted a separate colony, but transportation of convicts to VanDiemens Land continued until 1853. In 1856 the colony was grantedresponsible government, and the name changed to Tasmania. TheGovernor represents the Queen ; the Parliament consists of a LegislativeCouncil and a House of Assembly, the members of both being elected. Aborigines.—The Aborigines, who at the time of the British annexa-tion numbered perhaps 4,000 or 5,000, are now quite extinct. A few half-breeds only remain on the Furneaux Islands. The history of the dealingsof the British settlers with the aborigines is deplorable. From 1804, soon. Tasmania 613 after the planting of the first convict settlement, until 1832, when thenatives were almost exterminated, a Black War was waged, marked onboth sides by cruelty and treachery. In 1830 anattempt was made to drive the surviving inhabitantsinto a corner of the island, but it utterly failed. Sub-sequently after five years of effort, marked by countlessdangers and hardships, some philanthropic individualssucceeded in gathering the remnant of the race to-gether in Bruni Island, whence they were afterwardsremoved to other stations, but it was too late, and , , , • , , , • • ?, , Fig. 307.—Average pop- although considerable attention was paid to the last uiation of a squareof the Tasmanians they had dwindled to sixteen in ^^ ^/ , and the last survivor, an old woman of seventy-three, died in 1876. Industries and Trade.—Sheep-rearing and agriculture are theprincipal occupations. Besides the crops grown for domestic supply, themost i
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