     the aboriginal tasmanians (tasmanian: parlevar or palawa) are the indigenous people of the australian state of tasmania, located south of the mainland. before british colonisation in 1803, there were an estimated 3,000â15,000 parlevar.from terror to genocide: britainâs tasmanian penal colony and australiaâs history warsrhys jones:3,000-5,000, n. j. b. plomley: 4,000â6,000, henry reynolds: 5,000â7,000, colin pardoe: 12,000+ and david davies: 15,000. a number of historians point to introduced disease as the major cause of the destruction of the full-blooded aboriginal population.bonwick, james: daily life and origins of the tasmanians, sampson, low, son and marston, london, 1870bonwick, james: the last of the tasmanians, sampson low, son & marston, london, 1870flood, josephine: the original australians: story of the aboriginal people, allen & unwin, 2006 isbn 978-1741148725.windschuttle, keith, the fabrication of aboriginal history, volume one: van diemen's land 1803-1847, macleay press, 2002 geoffrey blainey wrote that by 1830 in tasmania: "disease had killed most of them but warfare and private violence had also been devastating."blainey, geoffrey : a land half won, macmillan, south melbourne, vic., 1980, p 75 other historians regard the black war as one of the earliest recorded modern genocides.tatz, colin : with intent to destroy: reflections on genocide, verso books 2003 benjamin madley wrote: "despite over 170 years of debate over who or what was responsible for this near-extinction, no consensus exists on its origins, process, or whether or not it was genocide". however, "[using the] un definition, sufficient evidence exists to designate the tasmanian catastrophe genocide." by 1833, george augustus robinson, sponsored by lieutenant governor george arthur, had persuaded the approximately 200 surviving aboriginal tasmanians to surrender themselves with assurances that they would be protected, provided for and eventually have their lands 
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