Van Diemen's Land : an Aboriginal History.
The history of Aborigines in Van Diemen's Land is long. The first Tasmanians lived in isolation for as many as 300 generations after the flooding of Bass Strait. Their struggle against almost insurmountable odds is one worthy of respect and admiration, not to mention serious attention. This bro...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Sydney :
UNSW Press,
2015
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | The history of Aborigines in Van Diemen's Land is long. The first Tasmanians lived in isolation for as many as 300 generations after the flooding of Bass Strait. Their struggle against almost insurmountable odds is one worthy of respect and admiration, not to mention serious attention. This broad-ranging book is a comprehensive and critical account of that epic survival up to the present day. Starting from antiquity, the book examines the devastating arrival of Europeans and subsequent colonisation, warfare and exile. It emphasises the regionalism and separateness, a consistent feature of Abori. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (472 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-443) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781742247151 1742247156 9781742241890 1742241891 9781742234212 1742234216 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
