The History of Tasmania, Volume 2Henry Dowling, 1852 - Aboriginal Tasmanians 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. |
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