Tasmanian Aborigines: A history since 1803'Lyndall Ryan's new account of the extraordinary and dramatic story of the Tasmanian Aborigines is told with passion and eloquence. It is a book that will inform and move anyone with an interest in Australian history.' - Professor Henry Reynolds, University of Tasmania 'A powerful and insightful historical account about a unique island and its First peoples, their dispossession and their struggle for survival and cultural birth right/heritage that reaches from the deep past to the present day.' - Patsy Cameron, Tasmanian Aboriginal author, cultural geographer and cultural practitioner Tasmanian Aborigines were driven off their land so white settlers could produce fine wool for the English textile mills. By the time Truganini died in 1876, they were considered to be extinct. Yet like so many other claims about them, this was wrong. Far from disappearing, the Tasmanian Aborigines actively resisted settler colonialism from the outset and have consistently campaigned for their rights and recognition as a distinct people through to the present. Lyndall Ryan tells the story of the Aboriginal people of Tasmania, from before the arrival of the first whites to current political agendas. Tasmania has been the cradle of race relations in Australia, and their struggle for a place in their own country offers insights into the experiences of Aboriginal people nation-wide. |
Contents
Part II War
182631 | 85 |
Part III Surrender 182934
| 149 |
Part IV Incarceration 18351905 | 217 |
Part V Survival 18401973 | 273 |
Part VI Resurgence 19732010 | 311 |
Epilogue | 359 |
Notes | 362 |
Bibliography | 386 |
Index | 403 |
Backcover
| 4-19 |
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Abori Aboriginal community Aboriginal land April Australia Bass Strait Ben Lomond Big River Big River nation Black British Bruny Island Cape Barren Island Cape Grim captured chief clan coast colonial colonists convicts Diemen’s Land East find fire first five Flinders Island Friendly Mission hunting huts ibid kangaroo Kickerterpoller killed kilometres later Launceston Macquarie Harbour Mannalargenna March massacre Michael Mansell military mission Aborigines mutton-bird native Ninene North Midlands nation North nation North West nation Nuenonne ochre Office officer ofthe Oyster Bay Oyster Bay nation Oyster Cove Pallittorre party Peerapper Pevay Pitt Water Plomley police Port Davey premier reported Risdon River and Oyster Robert sealers Sept Settled Districts settlers significance SLNSW ML soldiers South Wales South West stock-keepers Sydney TAHO CSO Tasmanian Aborigines Truganini tyereelore Umarrah Van Diemen’s Land Walter George Arthur William women Woorraddy Wybalenna