The last of the Tasmanians, or, The black war of Van Diemen's Land / by James Bonwick
- Bib ID:
- 2538683
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Bonwick, James, 1817-1906
- Description:
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- London : Sampson Low, Son, & Marston, 1870
- vii, 400 pages, [16] leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations (some colour), 1 map, portraits ; 22 cm.
- Series:
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- Rex Nan Kivell Collection ; NK954.
- Hallstrom Pacific Collection (Hallstrom 1816).
- Summary:
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Brief notes on early explorers & contacts; appearance of natives, clothing, food, confidence & trust at first meeting; 1804 - Risdon soldiers kill natives; 1810 - Order issued forbidding murder or cruelty; account of visit to Hobart, peaceful conditions to 1824; 1819 - Brief account of meeting between King & natives; hostile acts by Oyster Bay tribe - spears, stones & waddies noted; full account of outrages against natives, kidnapping of children; retaliation of natives for ill-treatment of women; 1828 - Demarcation order proclaimed; martial law proclaimed - rewards for capturing natives, law repealed 1833; Broken Bay native, Mosquito, became leader of Tasmanian tribe; 1825 Mosquito and Black Jack executed; infanticide practiced to enable quicker movement of groups; notes on atrocities at Oatlands; station at Bruni Island, whaling station established, difficulties encountered; contact by Robinson of Stony Creek group - entry into Hobart with natives; remaining tribes surrendered - gives details of location & numbers; Robinsons life saved by Truganini; 1830-1833 - 159 natives taken to Flinders Island; notes on Gun Carriage Island, Swan Island settlements, Oyster Cove settlement in 1847 description of clothing, physical appearance; sealers & native women, half-castes; native rights theories, effects of alcohol; effect on religious life by Father Clark; some remarks on sterility of women; extract from Flinders (1837) of 4 deaths from chronic visceral inflammation; details of Lalla Rookh, or Truganini.
- Notes:
- Rex Nan Kivell Collection NK954.
- Cited In:
- Ferguson, J.A. Bibliography of Australia, 7232
- Subject:
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- Aboriginal Tasmanians
- Land rights - Ownership
- Government policy - Initial period and protectionism - 1788-1850
- Law - Administrative law - Tasmania
- Paredarerne / Oyster Bay people (Tas SK55-06)
- Law enforcement - Police - Native police
- Health - Physiology and diseases
- Costume and clothing
- Race relations - Racial discrimination
- Religions - Christianity
- Weapons - Spears
- Race relations - Racism - Stereotyping
- Weapons - Clubs and fighting sticks
- Government policy - State and territory - Tasmania
- Colonisation
- Substance use - Alcohol
- Animals - Marine mammals - Whales
- Settlement and contacts - Explorers
- Dharug / Daruk / Darug people (S64) (NSW SI56-05)
- Race relations - Violent - Massacres, murders, poisonings etc. - To 1900
- Hunting - Seal
- Demography - Census data
- Tasmania -- History
- Risdon Cove (SE Tas SK55-08)
- Oyster Cove (SE Tas SK55-08)
- Oyster Bay (E Tas SK55-06)
- Swan Island (Tas Bass Strait SK55-02)
- Lalla Rookh (WA East Pilbara SF50-04)
- Bruny Island (SE Tas SK55-08)
- Hobart (SE Tas SK55-08)
- Flinders Island (Tas Bass Strait SK55-02)
- Broken Bay (N Sydney area NSW SI56-05)
- Also Titled:
- Black war of Van Diemen's Land
- Copyright:
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- Since 70 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Unpublished
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