Unearthed: The Aboriginal Tasmanians of Kangaroo Island [Revised edition] by Rebe Taylor
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Unearthed: The Aboriginal Tasmanians of Kangaroo Island [Revised edition] by Rebe Taylor

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Book Type: SECONDHAND
ISBN: 9781862547988
Author: Rebe Taylor
Edition: 2nd Edition 2nd Printing
Publisher: Wakefield Press
Place: Adelaide SA
Year: 2008
Format: Paperback
Pages: 402 pages
Period: 19th and 20th Century

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Ex library copy with stickers and protective plastic covering. Partial date due slip on inside, now covered with blank ex libris bookplate sticker. Minor edgewear.

It is relatively well known that the Palawa community of Tasmania is mostly descended from the Aboriginal Tasmanian women who sealers took to the Bass Strait Islands in the early nineteenth century. But few people know that sealers also took Tasmanian women to Kangaroo Island, establishing a cross-cultural community before the settlement of South Australia.

Aboriginal Tasmanian descendants are still living on Kangaroo Island today and this book is their story. Beginning in the sealing days, it tells how they became successful farmers, but how many grew up unaware of their Aboriginal ancestry, and are still struggling to face questions of identity today. (publisher blurb)

'This is a powerful and passionate exploration of cross-cultural history, and it is also an intriguing detective story. Taylor skillfully interweaves experience and memory, narrative and genealogy, politics and place so that this island saga becomes a history of the national psyche.' - Tom Griffiths, Australian National University

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers, please note that this book may contain descriptions and/or images of people who have passed away.


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