The colonization of Tasmania led to violent conflicts, disease, and forced relocation of the Aboriginal population, culminating in the Black War. These events nearly wiped out the entire Indigenous population of the island. When the surviving Aboriginal Tasmanians were removed to Flinders Island, they numbered only about 200 people, and many died soon after their relocation. This gave rise to the widely propagated myth that the Aboriginal people of Tasmania had become extinct.
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