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tasmania: dismal endings without new beginnings

Posted on January 6, 2013 by Dave

…Now the end was near for the Tasmanian race. The forty-four survivors- twelve men, twenty-two women, ten young people – were taken to an unused penal settlement at Oyster Cove, twenty five miles from Hobart and only fifteen miles from … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Abel Tasman Tasmania, George Augustus Robinson, Jennifer Isaacs Tasmania, John Glover paintings Tasmania, Lyndall Ryan Tasmania, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Oyster Cove settlement aborigines, Oyster Cove Tasmania, Philip Noyce Tasmania | Leave a comment

tasmania: population transfer

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Dave

The do-gooder who felt that God had called upon him to save the Tasmanian aborigines from their sinful ways and lead them toward the Truth. George Augustus Robinson and the final solution down under…. For five years Robinson came and … Continue reading →