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Manage consent. Risdon Cove, later renamed Hobart, was also the site of the first conflict between the local Aboriginal peoples and the newly arrived British soldiers and settlers. Bowen's orders included the instruction that should any foreign ship land or attempt to form a settlement, he should immediately protect the sovereignty of the land for Britain.
However, Bowen and his band of soldiers, sailors, settlers and convicts abandoned the site in because they believed the soil was poor and water scarce, and the group moved to a lower section of the Derwent River.
Arriving there he declared that the site at Port Phillip was unsuitable and he proceeded to the Derwent River where John Bowen had previously established a base.
After reaching the Derwent River in , Collins disapproved of the location and soon chose and named Sullivan Cove as a better harbour and the site for Hobart Town. In May Lieutenant Moore, who was acting commander of Risdon Cove, ordered troops to fire on a group of local Moomairremener people. There were about men, women and children herding kangaroos into the water. This hunting style was common in this part of the country. The kangaroos were a good source of food and the skins were important clothing to protect them from the cold winters.
Tasman's expedition was probably the first systematic attempt made by the Dutch to explore the Great South Land. Tn the year , however, the Governor-General, Anthony Van Diemen, and the Council of Netherlands- India, determined to despatch from Batavia a properly equipped expedition, having for its sole object the discovery of the Great Southern Continent.
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