A history of Tasmania / Henry Reynolds
- Bib ID:
- 5156243
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Reynolds, Henry, 1938-
- Description:
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- Cambridge ; Melbourne : Cambridge University Press, 2012 (i.e. 2011)
- xi, 331 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9781107014589
- 9780521548373
- Summary:
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This captivating work charts the history of Tasmania from the arrival of European maritime expeditions through to the modern day.
- Full contents:
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- Introduction
- 1. First meetings, extraordinary encounters
- 2. Van Diemen's Land : settling in the enviable island
- 3. The Black War : the tragic fate of the Tasmanian Aborigines
- 4. An idelible stain?
- 5. The triumph of colonisation
- 6. The politics of Van Diemen's Land
- 7. The convict system
- 8. Post-penal depression, 1856-70
- 9. Reform and recovery
- 10. Federation and war
- 11. Between the wars
- 12. Postwar Tasmania
- 13. Towards the bicentenary.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p,[311]-319) and index.
- Subject:
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- Aboriginal Tasmanians -- History
- Convicts -- Tasmania -- History
- Settlement and contacts - Colonisation - 1851-
- Government policy - Initial period and protectionism - 1788-1850
- Race relations - Violent - Massacres, murders, poisonings etc. - To 1900
- Race relations - Representation - History
- Settlement and contacts - Penal colonies / Convicts
- Religions - Christianity - Missions
- Settlement and contacts - Explorers - European
- Animals - Livestock - Stealing and killing
- Settlement and contacts - Colonisation - 1788-1850
- Settlement and contacts - Settlers
- Race relations - Violent - Genocide
- Tasmania -- History
- Tasmania -- Economic conditions -- History
- Tasmania -- Politics and government -- History
- Bruny Island (SE Tas SK55-08)
- Tasmania (Tas)
- Oyster Cove (SE Tas SK55-08)
- Hobart (SE Tas SK55-08)
- Wybalenna (Flinders Island Tas SK55-02)
- Australian
- Terms of Use:
- © Henry Reynolds 2012.
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2012
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