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A naturalist in Tasmania
- Title
- A naturalist in Tasmania, by Geoffrey Smith.
- Author
- Smith, Geoffrey, 1881-1916.
- Publication
- Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1909.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | 8676.863 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 151, [1] pages frontispiece, illustrations, plates, folded map; 23 cm
- Summary
- 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.
- Subject
- Natural history > Australia > Tasmania
- Natural history
- Natural History
- natural sciences
- Costume and clothing
- Settlement and contacts > Explorers
- Government policy > Initial period and protectionism > 1788-1850
- Government policy > State and territory > Tasmania
- Language
- Death > Mortuary > funeral ceremonies
- Death > Mortuary > funeral ceremonies > Cremation
- Plants > Figs
- Race relations > Violent > Massacres, murders, poisonings, etc. > To 1900
- Natural history
- Travel
- Tasmania > Description and travel
- Tasmania (Tas.)
- Tasmania
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- LCCN
- 09018498
- OCLC
- ocm05875863
- 5875863
- SCSB-488344
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library