The Tasmanians : the story of a doomed race / [by] Robert Travers
- Bib ID:
- 1938008
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Travers, Robert, 1932-
- Description:
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- Melbourne : Cassell Australia, 1968
- x, 244 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Summary:
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Origin theory, first and early contacts; nine distinct tribal hordes, myth on origin of fire, briefly outlines way of life, implements, weapons, scarification, warfare, description of corroborees; moon beliefs, rock engravings depicting these; medicine man - cures for sicknesses; disposal of dead - different methods among tribes; history of exploration, relations with early settlers, bushrangers, massacres, sealers; detailed account of the black war; work of Robinson; native settlement; story of William Lanney & Truganini; the last Tasmanians at Flinders Island.
- Notes:
- "Notes on sources": p. [235]-238.
- Subject:
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- Aboriginal Tasmanians
- Death - Mortuary / funeral ceremonies
- Stories and motifs - Moon
- Colonisation
- Crime - Bushrangers and outlaws
- Hunting - Seal
- Race relations - Violent - Massacres, murders, poisonings etc. - To 1900
- Government policy - State and territory - Tasmania
- Government policy - Initial period and protectionism - 1788-1850
- Indigenous knowledge - Health and medicine
- Technology - Tools
- Fishing
- Body - Scarification
- Gathering
- Art - Rock engraving
- Settlement and contacts - Explorers
- Health - Treatments - Traditional - Clever People
- Environment - Land management - Fire
- Stories and motifs - Fire
- Dance - Ceremonial
- Health - Physiology and diseases
- Art - Rock art - Engraving
- Health - Treatments - Traditional - Clever people
- Weapons
- Daily life
- Flinders Island (Tas Bass Strait SK55-02)
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1968
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