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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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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
  • Jürgensen, Jørgen, 1780-
  • Discoveries in geography > Tasmania
  • Aboriginal Tasmanians
  • Explorers > Tasmania > Biography
  • Tasmania > Discovery and exploration
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