A Short History of Tasmania by E T Emmett

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Previous owner has signed inside front cover. Foxing to foredges, endpages, title and contents page. No dust jacket. Book is in a non-adhesive glossy protective cover.

Concise history of Tasmania with illustrations published in 1937. Written by historian Evelyn Temple Emmett (1871–1970)

Contains a chronological history, discovery and early voyages, the founding of Hobart and Launceston, the convict system and bushrangers, exploration, the founding of Victoria, government and Governors, roads, railways and public works, land settlement, religion and education, the press, Irish political prisoners, mining and industrial development, Tasmania's part in Britain's wars.

Also includes a chapter entitled 'The Aborigines' (pp. 39-47), discussing first European contacts, the clash at Risdon, cruelty and violence towards Aboriginal people by European settlers, the Black Line, Robinson's quest, and Truganini.