Friendly mission : the Tasmanian journals and papers of George Augustus Robinson, 1829-1834 / edited by N.J.B. Plomley
- Bib ID:
- 4268838
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Robinson, George Augustus, 1791-1866
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Description:
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- Launceston, Tas. : Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery ; Hobart : Quintus, 2008
- xvii, 1162 p. : ill., maps, port. ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9780977557226
- Summary:
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"Robinson's diary record of his travels across Van Diemen's Land interacting with the Indigenous peoples and persuading them to be relocated to offshore islands."--Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
-
- Previous ed.: Hobart : Tasmanian Historical Research Association, 1966.
- Includes index.
- Bibliography : p.1098-1103.
- Subject:
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- Robinson, George Augustus, 1791-1866
- Aboriginal Tasmanians
- Recreation - Games
- Technology - Tools
- Race relations - Violent
- Dance
- Health - Infectious diseases
- Sites - Quarries - Ochre and pigment
- Food
- Art - Drawing
- Transport - Road - Roads and tracks
- Sites - Middens
- Communications - Nonverbal - Sign language and gestures
- Stories and motifs - Creation / Cosmology
- Environment - Land management - Fire
- Hunting - Seal
- Language - Vocabulary - Human classification
- Settlement and contacts - Colonisation - 1788-1850
- Art - Rock art - Engraving
- Death - Mortuary / funeral ceremonies - Cremation
- Music - Vocal
- Language - Vocabulary - Place names
- Transport - Water
- Death - Mortuary customs
- Technology - Fire - Fire making
- Language - Vocabulary
- Tasmania -- History -- 1803-1851 -- Sources
- Bruny Island (SE Tas SK55-08)
- Truwana / Cape Barren Island (Tas Bass Strait SK55-02)
- Bass Strait Islands (Tas SK55-01, SK55-02)
- Port Davey (SW Tas SK55-07)
- Macquarie Harbour (W Tas SK55-05)
- Tasmania (Tas)
- Other authors/contributors:
- Plomley, N. J. B. (Norman James Brian)
- Copyright:
-
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2008
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