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G. F. Evans: Risdon Cove from Old Government House, c. 1890
On 3 May 1804, a number of aboriginal Tasmanians were killed by guards of the fledgling British settlement at Risdon Cove, Van Diemen's Land. The events occurred in mysterious circumstances, perhaps as the result of a misunderstanding.[1] Conflicting eyewitness evidence indicated that either three aboriginals were killed or "a great many were slaughtered and wounded" when a large group came upon the 75–80 colonists there.[2][1][3]
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