Aborigines of Van Diemen's Land, 1830-1840 - Page 22
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"Upon more than one occasion, a whole tribed has fled before a single man daringly rushing forward with a large club in his hand." Would Had the Colonial Press honestly and boldly stated those things, it would have been attended with several most beneficial results, even to the Colonists themselves, - and the persons intending to emigrate hither know how to prevent and escape threatening danger.
There can be but little doubt that if anything was fairly stated the British Government would see the necessity of affording some assistance to the Colonists in repelling the attacks of the Blacks, and to put it out of their power to invade the Settlements, and finally to remove them totally from the Island.
The men persons who have been mostly exposed to the attacks of the Aborigines are servants, and especially prisoner servants, these are scattered all over the island on the remote Stock-runs.- It was no part of the sentence inflicted on these men, when sent out here by their original sentences, or by the King's clemency, that they should suffer death, whether this was either by Whites or Blacks. These unfortunate men, placed here, not with their own will and consent, have undoubtedly a right to claim all the protection that the British government can afford them. - It is said, that they are banished to this soil for the benefit of the mother - country, and if so, the