Aboriginal people were living on the banks of the Jordan River, north of Hobart

The climate briefly warmed and the land bridge was flooded

Mannalargenna Cave on Prime Seal Island and Beeton Rock-shelter on Badger Island were first occupied by Aborigines; occupation of both sites continued until 10,000 BP

Kutikina Cave in the Franklin River valley, southwest Tasmania, was first occupied; the Franklin and nearby Maxwell River valleys became Ice Age refuges for many Aborigines; wallaby and wombat were the staple meat foods

Very slow warming of the climate occurred; the use of Mannalargenna Cave and Beeton Rock-shelter intensified, suggesting either increased population levels or possible migration of people from Victoria

The Earth’s orbit tilted, causing rapid climate warming and ending the Ice Age; pollen evidence shows that the regular controlled firing of one million hectares of button-grass plains in western Tasmania had commenced by this date and that regular firing continued until the 1830s; people used the friction method to make fire

Camp sites and controlled firing were established at Rushy Lagoon in northeast Tasmania

Wetter and warmer conditions peaked; forests were thicker for the following 3,000 years

Controlled firing was used to clear rainforest near Tarraleah in the central highlands

Camp sites and controlled firing were established at Waterhouse Point in the northeast

The climate became cooler and drier; forest cover decreased, grasslands increased; new sites were established at oyster grounds on the east and southeast coasts; use of controlled firing increased, and new inland sites in the island’s east and central midlands were established

For 2,000 years the climate was under the influence of an El Nino effect: rainfall was unpredictable and extended droughts occurred

Scale fish called wrasse or parrot fish, which constituted no more than 5-10% of the diet, developed a disease which made the fish fatally toxic for humans; wrasse were dropped from the diet

Almost the entire island was now occupied; regular firing was used in all parts of the island to reduce bush-fire risk, and to cultivate native grasses for wallaby grazing and root plants for human consumption

Catamarans were invented and used to sail from Louisa Bay to Maatsuyker Island to hunt seals

French and British sailors made land-fall in southeast Tasmania on eight separate occasions and had interactions, some friendly and some hostile, with local Aborigines

Aboriginal men were murdered and women and children were regularly abducted by free colonists and convict hunters

A million acres of Aboriginal hunting grounds in the north, the centre and the east were given free by government to invading colonists, who stocked the land with a million sheep

Resisting Aborigines were classified as enemies of the state and the use of force against them was sanctioned by government

G.A Robinson began his ‘friendly mission’ to ‘persuade’ Aboriginal survivors to relocate to a prison camp on the Furneaux Islands

Aboriginal survivors of the war were imprisoned at Wybalenna on Flinders Island, where many died from common respiratory diseases

Survivors of Wybalenna were removed to vermin-ridden buildings at Oyster Cove, south of Hobart

Truganini died and the myth of Aboriginal extinction began

The CBI Aboriginal Association was formed to lobby for self-management on the reserve and control of muttonbird rookeries

Royal Society of Tasmania member William Crowther illegally removed the remains of twelve Aborigines from graves at Oyster Cove

More Tasmanian Aborigines per head of population enlisted in the Great War than from any other place in Australia

Cape Barren Island Reserve was closed, some Aborigines remained on the island, others moved to Launceston, Burnie and Hobart

The Tasmanian Information Centre, later the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre (TAC) was formed and began to agitate for land returns, the recognition of identity, and the return of stolen human remains

According to her wish, one hundred years after her death, Truganini’s remains were cremated and scattered in the D’Entrecasteaux Channel

The TAC petitioned parliament for the return of land and compensation for their theft

Tasmanian Aboriginal Land Council was formed to negotiate with government for heritage protection and land returns

Parliament legislated the return of all human remains held in Tasmanian museums to the Aboriginal community; Aborigines began to lobby museums in Europe to return stolen remains

The TAC occupied Rocky Cape and claimed it as Aboriginal land; the area was later included in a national park

A successful land rights Bill, introduced by Ray Groom’s liberal government, returned 3,800 hectares, including Oyster Cove and Risdon Cove, to the Aboriginal community

Wybalenna was returned to Aboriginal ownership and its role in the genocide of Tasmanian Aborigines was acknowledged by then premier Jim Bacon

25,000 people walked over Hobart’s Tasman Bridge in support of Reconciliation

The commitment by the Flinders Island Aboriginal Community led the ILC to grant title to the Flinders Island Aboriginal Association, achieving the first Indigenous land ownership on Flinders Island other than housing allotments. **

Despite strong objections from Aborigines and their supporters, the state government built a major bridge across a 42,000 year old Aboriginal site on the Lower Jordan River