Much has been written about the origins of Hobart, Tasmania, but little of this includes the local Aboriginal people. Hobart was considered the home of the nomadic Mouheneer tribe (Asia Rooms, 2011), very little is written about them except in brief passages in most sources detailing the history of the area. Generally, what follows after the Mouheneer is that Hobart was initially colonized by the English with the aim of using it as a penal colony. The impact on native people might best be seen from the perspective of the colonization of Tasmania (Mother Earth Travel, 2011). After the English successfully populated the area surrounding Hobart, the Mouheneer were not very enthusiastic, but still tolerated the newcomers (Australian Tourist Guide, 2010). The English had arrived in the area in 1802 and, shortly after building their penal colony, laid claim to all the lands of the Mouheneer who were eventually defeated by superior forces and weapons (Australians, 2011). The actions of the English were said to be in retaliation for Aboriginal resistance. However, the Mouheneer were at a disadvantage and, following the British order to shoot any Aboriginal people on site, their numbers would be significantly reduced (Asia Rooms, 2011). The surviving Mouheneer were relocated to nearby Flinders Island, where the remaining Mouheneer died from disease brought with the settlers after their arrival. Sadly, the Mouheneer would no longer remain, as the indigenous population of all of Tasmania would also virtually disappear. It was recorded that the last full-blooded Aboriginal Tasmanian died in 1876, his name was Truganini (Australians, 2011). It would therefore be fundamentally impossible to report on the Mouheneer, since their customs and their beautiful..... .middle of paper......aboriginal. Independent Australasia14 November. Available from http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/dig-rewrites-history-of-tasmanias-aborigines-2133561.htmlMother Earth Travel (2011) History of Hobart. Available from http://motherearthtravel.com/australia/hobart/history.htmMountford, C. (1973). The Book of Dreams: Australian Aboriginal Myths in the Paintings of Ainslie Roberts. Adelaide: RigbyPlomley, N. (1990) Weep in Silence: History of the Aboriginal Settlement of Flinders Island with the Flinders Island diary of George Augustus Robinson, 1835-1839. Hobart: Blubber Head Press.Resture, J. (2010). Australia: the dream of the aborigines. [Online] Available from http://www.janesoceania.com/australia_aboriginal_dreamtime/index1.htmRobinson, R. (1963). Aboriginal stories told to Roland Robinson, Literary Review, Winter(4) p. 172-85.