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Unearthed: The Aboriginal Tasmanians of Kangaroo Island

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posted on 2023-05-22, 07:56 authored by Rebe TaylorRebe Taylor
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.

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Pagination

400

ISBN

1862545529

Department/School

College Office - College of Arts, Law and Education

Publisher

Wakefield Press

Place of publication

Kent Town

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Copyright 2008 Rebe Taylor

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  • Restricted

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Understanding Australia’s past

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