My Home in Tasmania

My Home in Tasmania
Title My Home in Tasmania PDF eBook
Author Louisa Anne Meredith
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 294
Release 2010
Genre Tasmania
ISBN 1108020348

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Louisa Anne Meredith's account of her life in Tasmania was published in 1852. She was an experienced traveller, and this work is remarkable for being the first detailed account by a woman of life in the colony. Its shrewd observations and descriptive personal narrative make it an engaging read, as well as providing a valuable historical record. A keen botanist and artist, Meredith describes the island's natural life in great detail in beautiful and evocative passages. In Volume 2 she provides more anecdotes of her life, including descriptions of the animals she encounters and journeys made within the island. She also covers more social issues, looking at religion and custom in the colony among the settlers and the natives, and closing the book with an examination of Tasmania's industry and trades. For more information on this author, see http://orlando.cambridge.org/public/svPeople?person_id=merelo.

My Home in Tasmania

My Home in Tasmania
Title My Home in Tasmania PDF eBook
Author Mrs. Charles Meredith
Publisher
Pages 406
Release 1853
Genre Tasmania
ISBN

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My home en Tasmania, during a residence of nine years

My home en Tasmania, during a residence of nine years
Title My home en Tasmania, during a residence of nine years PDF eBook
Author Mrs Charles Meredith
Publisher
Pages 304
Release 1852
Genre
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My Home in Tasmania, during a residence of nine years

My Home in Tasmania, during a residence of nine years
Title My Home in Tasmania, during a residence of nine years PDF eBook
Author Mrs. Charles Meredith
Publisher
Pages 598
Release 1852
Genre Tasmania
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Van Diemen’s Land

Van Diemen’s Land
Title Van Diemen’s Land PDF eBook
Author James Boyce
Publisher Black Inc.
Pages 402
Release 2010-06-15
Genre History
ISBN 1921825391

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Winner of the 2009 Tasmania Book Prize Winner of the 2008 Colin Roderick Award Almost half of the convicts who came to Australia came to Van Diemen’s Land. There they found a land of bounty and a penal society, a kangaroo economy and a new way of life. In this book, James Boyce shows how the convicts were changed by the natural world they encountered. Escaping authority, they soon settled away from the towns, dressing in kangaroo skin and living off the land. Behind the official attempt to create a Little England was another story of adaptation, in which the poor, the exiled and the criminal made a new home in a strange land. This is their story, the story of Van Diemen’s Land. Shortlisted in the 2009 Prime Minister's Literary Awards, the 2009 NSW Premier's Literary Awards, the 2010 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature, the 2008 Age Book of the Year Awards, the 2008 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, the 2008 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, the 2008 NSW Premier's History Awards and the 2008 Australian Book Industry Awards ‘A brilliant book and a must-read for anyone interested in how land shapes people.’ —Tim Flannery ‘The most significant colonial history since The Fatal Shore. In re-imagining Australia's past, it invents a new future.’ —Richard Flanagan ‘Like the best history, Van Diemen's Land is not an artfully constructed narrative with the (inevitably inadequate) evidence banished to endnotes, but a dialogue between historian and reader as they explore the fragile sources, and the silences, together.’ —Inga Clendinnen ‘The publication of Van Diemen's Land signals an entirely fresh approach to Australian history-writing ... This is a brilliant publication.’ —Alan Atkinson ‘A fresh and sparkling account.’ —Henry Reynolds James Boyce is the multiple award-winning author of Born Bad, 1835 and Van Diemen’s Land. He has a PhD from the University of Tasmania, where he is an honorary research associate of the School of Geography and Environmental Studies.

Australasian Bibliography....

Australasian Bibliography....
Title Australasian Bibliography.... PDF eBook
Author Public Library of New South Wales
Publisher
Pages 1280
Release 1893
Genre Australasia
ISBN

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Tasmanian Friends and Foes, Feathered, Furred, and Finned

Tasmanian Friends and Foes, Feathered, Furred, and Finned
Title Tasmanian Friends and Foes, Feathered, Furred, and Finned PDF eBook
Author Mrs. Charles Meredith
Publisher
Pages 286
Release 1880
Genre Zoology
ISBN

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