$31.99
- Paperback
204 pages
- Release Date
29 January 2017
Summary
Into the Heart of Tasmania: A Journey of Discovery and Truth
In 1908, Ernest Westlake, an English gentleman, embarked on an adventure to Tasmania with a tent, a bicycle, and forty tins of food. His mission: to collect Aboriginal stone tools from the mountains, beaches, and sheep paddocks of the island. He amassed over 13,000 artifacts, believing he had unearthed the remnants of an extinct race, a culture akin to ancient Stone Age Europeans. However, in the island’s most remote corne…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780522867961 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0522867960 |
| Author: | Rebe Taylor |
| Publisher: | Melbourne University Press |
| Imprint: | Melbourne University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 204 |
| Release Date: | 29 January 2017 |
| Weight: | 428g |
| Dimensions: | 233mm x 153mm x 15mm |
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About The Author
Rebe Taylor
Dr. Rebe Taylor is a historian specializing 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.
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