Klappentext This captivating work charts the history of Tasmania from the arrival of European maritime expeditions in the late eighteenth century, through to the modern day. By presenting the perspectives of both indigenous Tasmanians and the British settlers, Henry Reynolds provides an original and engaging exploration of these first fraught encounters. Zusammenfassung This captivating work charts the history of Tasmania from the arrival of European maritime expeditions in the late eighteenth century, through to the modern day. By presenting the perspectives of both indigenous Tasmanians and the British settlers, Henry Reynolds provides an original and engaging exploration of these first fraught encounters.

Autorentext
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.

Inhalt

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.