A History Of Tasmania

Author: Henry Reynolds

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  • : 9781107014589
  • : Cambridge University Press
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  • : 10 November 2011
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Description

This captivating work charts the history of Tasmania from the arrival of European maritime expeditions through to the modern day.

Author description

Henry Reynolds is Research Professor in the Department of History and Classics at the University of Tasmania. His previous books include An Indelible Stain?, Nowhere People: How International Race Thinking Shaped Australia's Identity and Drawing the Global Colour Line.

Table of contents

1. Extraordinary encounters; 2. Fledgling settlements; 3. The Black War; 4. An indelible stain?; 5. The triumph of colonization; 6. The politics of Van Diemen's Land; 7. The convict system; 8. Post penal depression; 9. Reform and recovery; 10. Federation and war; 11. Between the wars; 12. Post war Tasmania; 13. Towards the bicentenary.