The Lost Tasmanian RaceEarly voyagers, contact; First conflicts under British at Risdon, 1804, varying reports; Childstealing prevalent, retaliation raids; Violence & ill-treatment of women by freed convicts; Crimes committed by settlers on Aborigines; Demarcation line introduced, repeated attacks by natives, quotes incidence of heroism by half-caste Dalrymple Briggs; Mosquito, native of Broken Bay, leader of mob employed as tracker, hung with Black Jack, 1825; Capture parties paid 5 pounds per head; Part played by Batman in the war, use of women as spies; N.S.W. natives as trackers; Capture of Eumarra by Gilbert Robertson, his policy; work of G.A. Robinson, his peace project; Bruni Is. taken over for natives, treatment of women by convict woodcutters & whalers, disease prevalent, deaths Truganina one of Robinsons followers, lists others; Capture of Big River or Ouse R. tribe, and others; Removal of natives to Swan Is., Gun Carriage Is. then Flinders Is., religious services, sales of birds & work, Aboriginal police, gives names of some; Oyster Cove settlement, treatment of natives; Women slaves to the sealers, treatment; notes on half-castes; Results of civilizing efforts; Notes on William Lanne. |
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Aborigines afterwards Anstey appeared arms attack Ben Lomond benevolent Big River Black War Blacks brought Bruni Bruni Island Bush Bushranger called Captain capture child civilization Clark Colonel Arthur colonists colony conciliation constables convict cruelty dark Diemen's Land dogs Duterrau escaped Europeans excited father favourable feeling female fire Flinders Island followed forest gave George George Washington Walker gins girl Government Governor guns half-caste Hobart Town husband John Batman Jorgen Jorgenson kangaroo killed lady Launceston leader living Lomond Macquarie Harbour Manalagana Maryann miles Mission Mosquito mother murdered native women neighbouring night Ourâ outrages Oyster Cove person poor creatures Port Phillip race River tribe Robinson roving parties savages scrub sealers secured servants settlement settlers shot Sorell spears stock-keeper story Straits Sydney Tasmanian told took Truganina Van Diemen's Land waddies Walter wife wild woman