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The Aboriginal Tasmanians

by Lyndall Ryan

A comprehensive history of social conditions in Tasmania and the Bass Strait islands from 1642 to the present. It examines prehistory, tribal territories, and cultural survival, with a particular focus on Cape Barren Island.

Accession 11897 ISBN 0702219037 Publisher University of Queensland Press
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