[PDF] The Early History Of The Tasmania eBook

Author : Henry Reynolds
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 541 pages
File Size : 42,64 MB
Release : 2012-01-09
Category : History
ISBN : 1107379016

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This captivating work charts the history of Tasmania from the arrival of European maritime expeditions in the late eighteenth century, through to the modern day. By presenting the perspectives of both Indigenous Tasmanians and British settlers, author Henry Reynolds provides an original and engaging exploration of these first fraught encounters. Utilising key themes to bind his narrative, Reynolds explores how geography created a unique economic and migratory history for Tasmania, quite separate from the mainland experience. He offers an astute analysis of the island's economic and demographic reality, by noting that this facilitated the survival of a rich heritage of colonial architecture unique in Australia, and allowed the resident population to foster a powerful web of kinship. Reynolds' remarkable capacity to empathise with the characters of his chronicle makes this a powerful, engaging and moving account of Tasmania's unique position within Australian history.

Author : John West
Publisher :
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 34,50 MB
Release : 1852
Category : Aboriginal Tasmanians
ISBN :

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Author's copy. Printed, with MS. corrections and annotations by the author. Handwriting identical with that in a letter from West to Edward Wise, 5 June 1864 in ML MSS. 1327/3, pp. 315-317. 1. pp. 209-340 are missing, with blank pages inserted at the back used for annotations. 2. identical with other copies of the volume.

Author : James Backhouse Walker
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 40,8 MB
Release : 2022-08-10
Category : History
ISBN :

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"Early Tasmania" is one of the first historical accounts of the history of Africa. It is an accurate, precise, authentic work that gives a unique glimpse into those distant years. The book tells the story of Tasmania's first settlement and Lieutenant Bowen's little colony at Risdon Cove.

Author : John West
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 785 pages
File Size : 16,80 MB
Release : 2023-11-16
Category : History
ISBN :

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"The History of Tasmania" in two volumes is the most significant work by the Australian author John West that features the development of the British colonization of Tasmania, the penal system and the condition of the Aboriginal people. The island was permanently settled by Europeans in 1803 as a penal settlement of the British Empire to prevent claims to the land by the First French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars. The island was initially part of the Colony of New South Wales but became a separate, self-governing colony under the name Van Diemen's Land in 1825. Approximately 75,000 convicts were sent there before transportation ceased in 1853. In 1854 the present Constitution of Tasmania was passed, and the following year the colony received permission to change its name to Tasmania, after Dutch explorer Abel Tasman, who made the first reported European sighting of the island in 1642. This carefully crafted DigiCat ebook is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.

Author : Lyndall Ryan
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 30,57 MB
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 1742370683

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'Lyndall Ryan's new account of the extraordinary and dramatic story of the Tasmanian Aborigines is told with passion and eloquence.