page_title: Governor Davey's Proclamation
hierarchical_section_title: Governor Davey's Proclamation
caption_attribution_description: Governor Davey's [sic] Proclamation to the Aborigines, 1816 [sic]. Painting - oil painting on huon pine board, rectangular in shape with rounded corners and hole at top centre for suspension - 35.7 x 22.6 x 1 cm. The image depicts four scenes: Peaceful intermingling of white settlers and Aborigines, all dressed in European clothing An Aboriginal group shake hands with Governor Arthur watched on by peaceful white soldiers/settlers An Aboriginal man spears a white settler, and is consequently hanged by the military under the watch of Governor Arthur An white settler shoots an Aboriginal man and is consequently hanged by the military under the watch of Governor Arthur Notes: Some decades after these panels (of unknown number and artist/s) were created, an original was located and mistakenly thought to have been produced during the time of Thomas Davey, Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land from 1813 to 1817. They were thus incorrectly labelled as "Governor Davey's Proclamation to the Aborigines" (and are still popularly known as such). In fact it depicts Lieutenant-Governor George Arthur's proclamation of c.1828-1830. Originally conceived by Surveyor General George Frankland as a way of communicating the proclamation to Aborigines, his original drawing was reproduced onto boards and mounted on trees in remote areas of Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) where Aborigines would see them. Later lithographic reproductions were also mislabelled (see Other versions below).
context_page_description: Governor Davey's Proclamation is a misnomer for an illustrated proclamation issued in Tasmania by the British government after 1 November 1828. Although attributed to Governor Davey it was first authorised by Lieutenant Governor George Arthur. Several illustrated narrative versions of the proclamation were created over time. Many of these four-strip pictograms were originally painted onto Huon pine boards using oil paints. Of approximately 100 proclamation boards produced there are seven known to survive in public collections.
  The proclamation was intended to explain martial law during the period referred to as the Black War.
context_section_description: Governor Davey's Proclamation is a misnomer for an illustrated proclamation issued in Tasmania by the British government after 1 November 1828. Although attributed to Governor Davey it was first authorised by Lieutenant Governor George Arthur. Several illustrated narrative versions of the proclamation were created over time. Many of these four-strip pictograms were originally painted onto Huon pine boards using oil paints. Of approximately 100 proclamation boards produced there are seven known to survive in public collections.
  The proclamation was intended to explain martial law during the period referred to as the Black War.
caption: A pictorial proclamation issued by the Colonial British Government in Tasmania espousing equality and peaceful relations between Indigenous people and settlers.[6]
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