First Tasmanians
A Deep History
$48.00
- Hardcover
336 pages
- Release Date
12 August 2025
Summary
The history of the First Tasmanians is a story of ingenuity, adaptation and resilience. In First Tasmanians historian Shayne Breen traces the 40,000 years of Aboriginal exploration, land settlement, hunting practices and controlled burning on the island. The First Tasmanians were committed to the terms of life set down by creation ancestors, their hunting and gathering skills a source of wonder to observant colonists. These skilled practitioners of land management universally respect…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780522881035 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0522881033 |
| Author: | Shayne Breen |
| Publisher: | Melbourne University Press |
| Imprint: | Melbourne University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 12 August 2025 |
| Weight: | 547g |
| Dimensions: | 153mm x 234mm x 150mm |
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About The Author
Shayne Breen
Shayne Breen is an interdisciplinary historian who has worked closely with Tasmanian Aboriginal people for 35 years. During the 1990s he helped lead the introduction of Aboriginal Studies at the University of Tasmania. In 2001 he received a University of Tasmania Vice-Chancellor’s Teaching Excellence Award. More recently he worked with Aboriginal Education Services in the Tasmanian Education Department, helping to revise the Aboriginal Studies curriculum in Tasmania’s schools. His research interests include deep history, colonial genocide, Australia’s history wars and Tasmanian Aboriginal history. This is his third book.
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