Author(s): E. T. Emmett

Rare, Collectable, Folios | History & Studies - General | Tasmania

Contents: Concise history of Tasmania ; includes chapter entitled "The Aborigines" (pp.39-47), discussing first European contacts, the clash at Risdon, cruelty and violence towards the Aboriginal people by European settlers, the Black Line, Robinson's quest and Trucanini.
Sujects: Settlement and contacts - Penal colonies - Convicts.  Settlement and contacts - Explorers - European.  Race relations - Violent - Massacres, murders, poisonings etc. - To 1900.
Map on front endpaper.

Fair to good condition. Pages, binding - intact and sound. Some light tanning on first and last pages. Spine cover is partly loose and has been stick taped.