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245 0 0 _a"Me Write Myself"
_bThe Free Aboriginal Inhabitants of Van Diemen's Land at Wybalenna, 1832-47 /
_cLeonie Stevens.
020 _a9781925523867
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100 1 _aStevens, Leonie
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264 1 _bMonash University Publishing,
300 _a1 online resource (403 p.)
506 0 _aAccess copy available to the general public.
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520 _aExiles, lost souls, remnants of a dying race ... The fate of the First Nations peoples of Van Diemens Land is one of the most infamous chapters in Australian history. The men, women and children exiled to Flinders Island in the 1830s and 40s have often been written about, but never allowed to speak for themselves. This book aims to change that. Documents penned by the exiles during their 15 years at the settlement Wybalenna offer a compelling counter-narrative to traditional representations of a hopeless, dispossessed, illiterate people's final days. The exiles did not see themselves as prisoners, but as a Free People. Seen through their own writing, the community at Wybalenna was vibrant, complex and evolving. Rather than a depressed people simply waiting for death, their own words reveal a politically astute community engaged in a 15 year campaign for their own freedom. This book tells a compelling story that will profoundly affect understandings of Tasmanian and Australian history.
588 0 _aDescription based on print version record.
590 _aKU Select 2018: HSS Backlist Books
650 7 _aSocial Science / Indigenous Studies
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650 0 _aSocial sciences
655 0 _aElectronic books.
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