The Daily Life and Origin of the Tasmanians

by James Bonwick

Book Overview

James Bonwick (1817-1906) arrived in Tasmania, then Van Diemen's Land, in 1841, beginning an unstable and itinerant career as school-master, writer, and archivist. A zealous non-conformist and mystic, who was briefly in contact with Madame Blavatsky, Bonwick became interested in the plight of the Tasmanian aborigines after a visit to Flinders Island, to which the last of the nearly extinct population had been removed. Published in 1870, by which time...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108038956
• ISBN13: 9781108038959
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"