I already made a post about the Anglo Dutch Treaty of 1824.

I recently read the treaty again and noticed this;

Article XIV

All the inhabitants of the territories hereby ceded shall enjoy for a period of 6 years from the date of the ratification of the present Treaty, the liberty of disposing, as they please, of their property, and of transporting themselves, with out let or hindrance, to any country to which they may wish to remove.

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Anglo-Dutch_Treaty_of_1824

FYI the ratifications were on 30 April 1824 for Britain and 2 June 1824 for the Dutch, with instruments exchanged on 8 June.

So the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824 says that inhabitants of ceded lands have 6 years to remove themselves.

Well it was 6 years and 5 months after the treaty – that the Black Line started!

Black Line, October–November 1830
The Black Line consisted of 2,200 men: about 550 soldiers—a little over half of the entire garrison in Van Diemen’s Land—as well as 738 convict servants and 912 free settlers or civilians. Arthur, who maintained overall control, placed Major Sholto Douglas of the 63rd Regiment in command of the forces. Separated into three divisions and aided by Aboriginal guides, they formed a staggered front more than 300 km long that began pushing south and east across the Settled Districts from 7 October with the intention of forming a pincer movement to trap members of four of the nine Aboriginal nations in front of the line and drive them across the Forestier Peninsula to East Bay Neck and into the Tasman Peninsula, which Arthur had designated as an Aboriginal Reserve

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_War#Black_Line,_October–November_1830

I’ve been doing some mapping trying to see the progression of the Dutch/British territorial frontier. From what I can tell, the Forestier Peninsula and Tasman Peninsula are still not British territory at this time. If you look at where the British settlements and military posts are and how they were placed, and look at where Tasman claimed possession – this corner of Van Diemen’s Land is still Dutch. (I’m doing a video soon on this frontier line, and more detail will be in there)

I figured this frontier line out before I actually noticed that George Arthur had designated it as an Aboriginal reserve! I was shocked (and validated) when I read that!

No, it’s not an “Aboriginal reserve” – it is Dutch territory that was claimed by Abel Tasman. Aborigines are being treated as if they are Dutch subjects, and being pushed onto that land. Once they are all in that area, they are removed out completely.