Much has been written about the origins of Hobart, Tasmania, but little of it includes its local Aborigines. Hobart was considered the home of the nomadic Mouheneer tribe (Asia Rooms, 2011). Very little has been written about them, except for brief passages in most sources that detail the history of the region. Generally, what follows after the Mouheneer is that Hobart was first settled by the English with the aim of using it as a penal colony. The impact on indigenous people would be better appreciated from the perspective of the colonization of Tasmania (Mother Earth Travel, 2011). After the British successfully populated the area around Hobart, the Mouheneer were not very enthusiastic, but nevertheless tolerated the new arrivals (Australian Tourist Guide, 2010). The British had arrived in the region in 1802 and soon after building their penal colony, they claimed all the lands of the Mouheneer who were eventually defeated by superior forces and weaponry (Australians, 2011). The actions of the British were believed to have been in retaliation for indigenous resistance. However, the Mouheneer were at a disadvantage and, due to British orders to shoot any Aboriginal people there, their numbers would be greatly reduced (Asia Rooms, 2011). The surviving Mouheneer were transferred to neighboring Flinders Island, where the remaining Mouheneer died from a disease transmitted by the settlers after their arrival. Sadly, there would be no Mouheneer left, as the indigenous population throughout Tasmania would also virtually disappear. It is reported that the last full-blooded Tasmanian Aboriginal died in 1876, his name was Truganini (Australians, 2011). Therefore, it would be fundamentally impossible to account for the Mouheneer, and their specific customs and beliefs..... . middle of paper ......aborigines. Independent Australasia November 14. Available at http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/dig-rewrites-history-of-tasmanias-aborigines-2133561.htmlMother Earth Travel (2011) History of Hobart. Available at http://motherearthtravel.com/australia/hobart/history.htmMountford, C. (1973). The Book of Dreamtime: Australian Aboriginal Myths in the Paintings of Ainslie Roberts. Adelaide: RigbyPlomley, N. (1990) Weeping in silence: History of the Aboriginal settlement of Flinders Island with the Flinders Island Journal of George Augustus Robinson, 1835-1839. Hobart: Blubber Head Press. Resture, J. (2010). Australia: the time of the Aboriginal dream. [Online] Available at http://www.janesoceania.com/australia_aboriginal_dreamtime/index1.htmRobinson, R. (1963). Indigenous stories told to Roland Robinson, Literary Review, Winter(4) p. 172-85.