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Tasmanian Aborigines : a history since 1803 / Lyndall Ryan.

By: Publisher: Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2012Description: xxix, 418 pages. : illustrations., maps,black and white portraits. ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
  • cartiographic image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781742370682 (pbk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 994.60049915 23
Contents:
Pt. I. Invasion: 1803-26. 1. Trouwunna -- 2. Wragewrapper, 1803-07 -- 3. Creole society, 1808-20 -- 4. Pastoral invasion, 1817-26 -- Pt. II. War: 1826-31. 5. Arthur's war, 1826-28 -- 6. Martial law, 1828-30 -- 7. The settlers regroup, 1830-31 -- 8. The black line -- 9. The reckoning -- Pt. III. Surrender: 1829-34. 10. Robinson and the Nuenonne on Bruny Island, 1829 -- 11. Mission to the western nations, 1830 -- 12. Surrender in the settled districts, 1830-31 -- 13. Western nations: forced removal, 1832-34 -- Pt. IV. Incarceration: 1835-1905. 14. Wybalenna, 1855-39 -- 15. Wybaleena, 1938-47 -- 16. Oyster Cove, 1847-1905 -- Pt. V. Survival: 1840-1973. 17. The islanders, 1940-1902 -- 18. Resisting protection and assimilation, 1908-73 -- Pt. VI. Resurgence: 1973-2010. 19. Reclaiming rights and identity, 1973-92 -- 20. Breakthrough, 1992-95 -- 21. 'Unfinished business', 1996-2010.
Summary: 'Lyndall Ryan's new account of the extraordinary and dramatic story of the Tasmanian Aborigines is told with passion and eloquence."
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Jessie Street National Women's Library General Stacks 994.60049915 RYA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available for reference in the library and ILL 68345

Includes bibliographical references (p. 362-401) and index.

Pt. I. Invasion: 1803-26. 1. Trouwunna -- 2. Wragewrapper, 1803-07 -- 3. Creole society, 1808-20 -- 4. Pastoral invasion, 1817-26 -- Pt. II. War: 1826-31. 5. Arthur's war, 1826-28 -- 6. Martial law, 1828-30 -- 7. The settlers regroup, 1830-31 -- 8. The black line -- 9. The reckoning -- Pt. III. Surrender: 1829-34. 10. Robinson and the Nuenonne on Bruny Island, 1829 -- 11. Mission to the western nations, 1830 -- 12. Surrender in the settled districts, 1830-31 -- 13. Western nations: forced removal, 1832-34 -- Pt. IV. Incarceration: 1835-1905. 14. Wybalenna, 1855-39 -- 15. Wybaleena, 1938-47 -- 16. Oyster Cove, 1847-1905 -- Pt. V. Survival: 1840-1973. 17. The islanders, 1940-1902 -- 18. Resisting protection and assimilation, 1908-73 -- Pt. VI. Resurgence: 1973-2010. 19. Reclaiming rights and identity, 1973-92 -- 20. Breakthrough, 1992-95 -- 21. 'Unfinished business', 1996-2010.

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

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