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Item Details
Title:
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A HISTORY OF TASMANIA
FROM ITS DISCOVERY IN 1642 TO THE PRESENT TIME |
By: |
James Fenton |
Format: |
Electronic book text |
List price:
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£60.00 |
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ISBN 10: |
1139107631 |
ISBN 13: |
9781139107631 |
Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
Pub. date: |
5 April, 2012 |
Series: |
Cambridge Library Collection - History of Oceania |
Description: |
First published in 1884, this book gives the history of Tasmania from the perspective of a nineteenth-century pioneer. |
Synopsis: |
James Fenton (1820-1901) was born in Ireland and emigrated to Tasmania (then known as Van Diemen's Land) with his family in 1833. He became a pioneer settler in an area on the Forth River and published this history of the island in 1884. The book begins with the discovery of the island in 1642 and concludes with the deaths of some significant public figures in the colony in 1884. The establishment of the colony on the island, and the involvement of convicts in its building, is documented. A chapter on the native aborigines gives a fascinating insight into the attitudes of the colonising people, and a detailed account of the removal of the native Tasmanians to Flinders Island, in an effort to separate them from the colonists. The book also contains portraits of some aboriginal people, as well as a glossary of their language. |
Illustrations: |
1 b/w illus. 4 colour illus. 1 map 14 tables |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing) |
Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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