The Last of the Tasmanians: Or, The Black War of Van Diemen's Land

Brief notes on early explorers & contacts; appearance of natives, clothing, food, confidence & trust at first meeting; 1804 - Risdon soldiers kill natives; 1810 - Order issued forbidding murder or cruelty; account of visit to Hobart, peaceful conditions to 1824; 1819 - Brief account of meeting between King & natives; hostile acts by Oyster Bay tribe - spears, stones & waddies noted; full account of outrages against natives, kidnapping of children; retaliation of natives for ill-treatment of women; 1828 - Demarcation order proclaimed; martial law proclaimed - rewards for capturing natives, law repealed 1833; Broken Bay native, Mosquito, became leader of Tasmanian tribe; 1825 Mosquito and Black Jack executed; infanticide practiced to enable quicker movement of groups; notes on atrocities at Oatlands; station at Bruni Island, whaling station established, difficulties encountered; contact by Robinson of Stony Creek group - entry into Hobart with natives; remaining tribes surrendered - gives details of location & numbers; Robinsons life saved by Truganini; 1830-1833 - 159 natives taken to Flinders Island; notes on Gun Carriage Island, Swan Island settlements, Oyster Cove settlement in 1847 description of clothing, physical appearance; sealers & native women, half-castes; native rights theories, effects of alcohol; effect on religious life by Father Clark; some remarks on sterility of women; extract from Flinders (1837) of 4 deaths from chronic visceral inflammation; details of Lalla Rookh, or Truganini.