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A naturalist in Tasmania / by Geoffrey Smith.
Smith, Geoffrey, 1881-1916. ; Ward, Melbourne, 1903-1966, former owner.
Rare Book
RB D508.946/SMI/RARE BOOKS
Oxford : The Clarendon Press,
1909.
Robinson, George Augustus, 1791-1866. ; Natural history - Tasmania. ; Ecology - Tasmania. ; Natural history - Australia - Tasmania. ; Costume and clothing. aiatsiss ; Settlement and contacts - Explorers. aiatsiss ; Government policy - Initial period and protectionism - 1788-1850. aiatsiss ; Government policy - State and territory - Tasmania. aiatsiss ; Language. aiatsiss ; Death - Mortuary / funeral ceremonies. aiatsiss ; Death - Mortuary / funeral ceremonies - Cremation. aiatsiss ; Plants - Figs. aiatsiss ; Race relations - Violent - Massacres, murders, poisonings etc. - To 1900. aiatsiss ; Tasmania (Tas) aiatsisp ; Tasmania - Description and travel.
151, [1] p. : front., illus., plates, fold. map. ; 23 cm.
Includes advertisements.
Brief account of Tasmanian natives - first encounter with Europeans and eventual extinction; quotations from explorers writings; appearance, clothing, disposition; theory of origin and link with mainland natives; comments on low state of material culture; burial customs (cremation), language notes; the Black War - George A. Robinson's achievements.
https://library.australian.museum//fullRecord.jsp?recno=68336
Includes index.
A naturalist in Tasmania / by Geoffrey Smith.

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