Aboriginal Tasmanians - Softcover

Ryan, Lyndall

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1863739653 ISBN 13: 9781863739658

Publisher: Allen & Unwin, 1997

Synopsis

The extinction of the Tasmanian Aborigines has long been viewed as one of the great tragedies resulting from the British occupation of Tasmania. This book demonstrates that the Aborigines in Tasmania, although dispossessed, did not die out then or at any other period in Tasmania's history. Some eight thousand descendants remain today. In examining the myth created by nineteenth-century historians and scientists that Aborigines could not survive invasion, Lyndall Ryan investigates the nature of that invasion, Aboriginal resistance, and white Tasmanian policies towards the Aborigines after dispossession. The Aboriginal Tasmanians then follows the emergence of a new Aboriginal community outside the boundaries of white society yet denied Aboriginal identity. In this new edition, Lyndall Ryan explores the fortunes of the present day community in their quest for landrights and social justice. Tasmania was the cradle of race relations in Australia in the nineteenth century. It ret

About this title

About the Author:

Dr. Lyndall Ryan is head of the women's studies program at Flinders University. While she has long been active in the politics of the women's movement, including service as the Prime Minister's adviser on women's affairs, she has always maintained her interest in Aboriginal history. Trained as an historian at the University of Sydney and ANU, she continues to contribute to debate on the history of the Aborigines.

About this edition

• Publisher: Allen & Unwin
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1863739653
• ISBN 13: 9781863739658
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 416