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Jorgen Jorgenson and the aborigines of Van Diemen's land : being a reconstruction of his 'lost' book on their customs and habits, and on his role in the Roving Parties and the Black Line / N.J.B. Plomley, editor.
- Title
- Jorgen Jorgenson and the aborigines of Van Diemen's land : being a reconstruction of his 'lost' book on their customs and habits, and on his role in the Roving Parties and the Black Line / N.J.B. Plomley, editor.
- Author
- Jürgensen, Jørgen, 1780-
- Publication
- Hobart : Blubber Head Press, 1991.
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- Additional Authors
- Plomley, N. J. B. (Norman James Brian)
- Description
- vii, 164 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (1 folded); 25 cm.
- Summary
- Authors experiences with and observations of the Aborigines of Tasmania; manners and customs of Tasmanian Aborigines; vocabulary lists of various Tasmanian languages; religious beliefs; burial customs; Aboriginal relationships with settlers; attitudes of Europeans to Aborigines; violent conflict; race relations; hostilities; roving parties; attempts to capture Aborigines; The Aboriginal Committee; includes map of the Military operations against the Aboriginal Inhabitants of Van Diemens Land.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- Note
- "Edition is limited to 1000 copies."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-153) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- ISBN
- 0908528221
- OCLC
- 24553319
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library