Unearthed - The Aboriginal Tasmanians of Kangaroo Island

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.

A propos de l'auteur

Dr Rebe Taylor is a historian specialising in Tasmanian anthropology and archaeology. She first encountered Tasmanian Aboriginal history on a beach on Kangaroo Island, South Australia, hearing stories about the women who had been taken there by sealers. She has been trying to understand the history of Tasmanian Aboriginal diaspora, loss, rediscovery and endurance ever since.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Rebe Taylor
• Edition: Wakefield Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 15.05.2019
• EAN: 9781862547988
• ISBN: 978-1-86254-798-8
• Pages: 402
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 22 mm
• Poids: 608 g
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Histoire par région/pays