The Vandemonian War: The Secret History of Britain's Tasmanian Invasion by Nick Brodie

The Vandemonian War: The Secret History of Britain's Tasmanian Invasion by Nick Brodie

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Book Type: SECONDHAND
ISBN: 9781743793114
Author: Nick Brodie
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Hardie Grant Books
Place: Melbourne VIC
Year: 2017
Format: Paperback
Pages: 352 pages
Period: 19th Century

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges.

Britain formally colonised Van Diemen's Land in the early years of the nineteenth century. Small convict stations grew into towns. Pastoralists moved into the Aboriginal hunting grounds. There was conflict; there was violence. But, governments and gentlemen buried the real story of the Vandemonian War for nearly two centuries.

The Vandemonian War had many sides and shades. Still, it was fundamentally a war between the British colony of Van Diemen's Land and the Aboriginal people who lived in political and social contradiction to that colony.

In The Vandemonian War, acclaimed history author Nick Brodie now exposes the largely untold story of how the British occupied Van Diemen's Land deploying regimental soldiers and special forces, armed convicts and mercenaries.

In the 1820s and 1830s, the British deliberately pushed the Aboriginal people out, driving them to the edge of existence. Far from localised fights between farmers and hunters of popular memory, this was a war of sweeping campaigns and brutal tactics, waged by military and paramilitary forces subject to a Lieutenant Governor who was also Colonel Commanding.

The British won the Vandemonian War and then discretely and purposefully concealed it. Historians failed to see through the myths and lies - until now. It is no exaggeration to say that the Aboriginal people of Van Diemen's Land were expatriated from the island. Whole societies were deliberately obliterated. The Vandemonian War was one of the darkest stains on a former empire which arrogantly claimed perpetual sunshine. This is the story of that fight, redrawn from nearly two-centuries-old neglected handwriting. (back cover)

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