 Aboriginal Tasmanians have lived on the island of Tasmania for thousands of years . The earliest archaeological evidence for Aboriginal habitation of Tasmania is from the valley of the Forth River , 35 @,@ 000 years before the present . Prior to European settlement , Chudleigh was part of the lands of the Pallittorre Aboriginal tribe . Their range included Deloraine , east of Chudleigh , and the Gog mountain range to the north @-@ west where they mined ochre in the Toolumbunner ochre pits . The Pallittorre people lived in the area and used to have a camping ground , where the Church of England cemetery was established later . Land clearing , road construction , disease and conflicts with settlers drove them from their lands and decimated the population . Their population in the area has been estimated to drop from 200 to 60 during 1827 @-@ 30 . At the time of settlement the Chudleigh area was covered with bogs and wild bush . 
