Weep in silence : a history of the Flinders Island Aboriginal settlement ; with the Flinders Island journal of George Augustus Robinson, 1835-1839 / N.J.B. Plomley
- Bib ID:
- 1450734
- Format:
- Book
- Description:
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- Sandy Bay, Tas. : Blubber Head Press, 1987
- xvi, 1034 p., [30] leaves of plates : ill., facsims., maps, ports. ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0908528159
- Summary:
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Comprehensive history of attempts to establish a settlement for Tasmanian Aborigines at Swan Island, Gun Carriage Island, The Lagoons and Wybalenna; discusses living conditions, administration and facilities; removal to Oyster Cove; assessment of the aims and results of the settlement including health, birth-rate, morbidity, government policy and Aboriginal responses; includes the texts of journals and reports by J. Backhouse and G.W. Walker; the Wybalenna journal of George Robinson Jnr, 1839 and the edited transcript of G.A. Robinsons journal, 1835-39, with annotations; Appendices include a list of all Aboriginal names, aliases and biographical information; medical histories, European biographical data, letters of W.J. Darling, material from the Flinders Island chronicle and other Aboriginal writings.
- Notes:
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- Limited ed. of 1500 copies plus 25 sets bound in leather , numbered and signed by the editor.
- Includes index.
- Map on lining papers.
- The Flinders Island journal of George Augustus Robinson: p. 293-618.
- Extracts from the journal of James Backhouse, 1832: p. 219-279.
- Bibliography: p. 1016-1018.
- One of library's copies is one of 25 bound in leather.
- First Nations (AIATSIS) Subject:
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- Settlement and contacts - Resettlement and removals
- Government policy - Initial period and protectionism - 1788-1850
- Socioeconomic conditions - Living conditions
- Health status - Public health
- Government policy - State and territory - Tasmania
- Demography - Birth rate
- Wybalenna (Flinders Island Tas SK55-02)
- Swan Island (Tas Bass Strait SK55-02)
- Oyster Cove (SE Tas SK55-08)
- Subject:
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- Copyright:
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- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1987
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