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Title: The Last of the Tasmanians.
Description: Sydney Shakespeare Head Press, 1973. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in good dustjacket), black & white photos, maps, light foxing edges, minor edgewear jacket (faint toning reverse side, few tiny edge tears, minor fading with colour loss small patch front flap from sticker removal & spine little faded, fore-edge rear cover rubbed, bottom edge front flap creased). 284 pp. David Davies relates the story of how the Tasmanian Aborigines became extinct less than 100 years after white men first made contact. About the tortuous history of their extermination. Examines the physique, morals and social structure of the Aborigines. The book is illustrated with rare etchings and unique, hitherto unpublished photos of the last few survivors. First edition. ISBN: 0855581506

Keywords: aborigines, indigenous, australian history, criminology, tasmania 0855581506

Price: AUD 30.00 = appr. US$ 20.76 Seller: Bookhome Sydney
- Book number: 40292

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