CHAPTER I.
VOYAGERS TALES OF THE TASMANIANS.
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| The First Battle |
3
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| Captain Cook's Visit |
5
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| The French Visit in 1792 |
9
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| Flinders and Bass at the Derwent |
15
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| Péron's Visit in 1802 |
18
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| The French and the Wood-nymphs |
23
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CHAPTER II.
THE BLACK WAR.
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| Massacre of the Blacks in 1804 |
32
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| Destruction of Public Records |
39
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| Kidnapping Black Boys |
41
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| Michael Howe's Black Mary |
47
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| Chase after Stock-keepers |
50
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| Colonel Sorell's Order of 1819 |
53
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CHAPTER III.
CRUELTIES TO THE BLACKS.
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| Cruelty of Early Settlers |
59
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| Cruelty of Bushrangers |
61
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| Spanish and Dutch Cruelties |
68
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CHAPTER IV.
OUTRAGES OF THE BLACKS.
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| Hanging of Two Aborigines |
75
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| The Demarcation Order of 1828 |
78
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| Martial Law |
82
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| Pictorial Proclamation |
85
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| Proclamation of October 1830 |
89
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| Mosquito and the Tame Mob |
98
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| Execution of Mosquito and Black Jack |
103
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| Cruelties of the Blacks |
107
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| A Hand left in the Trap |
111
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| Bravery of a Half-caste Wife |
121
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| Chastity of White Women respected |
125
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| Time of Terror |
129
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CHAPTER V.
THE LINE.
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| Proclamation for Volunteers |
133
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| Arrangements for the Capture |
143
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| Leaders and Numbers in the Line |
151
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| Savage's Tale of the Savages |
158
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| Mr. Walpole caught a Black |
163
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| Siege of the "Three Thumbs" |
169
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| £80,000 for One Black |
173
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| Egg-gatherers break through a Line |
179
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CHAPTER VI.
CAPTURE PARTIES.
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| Leaders of Parties |
182
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| John Batman, the Blacks' Friend |
189
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| The Sydney Black Guides |
193
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| A Night at Ben Lomond |
198
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| Gilbert Robertson, the Leader |
201
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| Jorgen Jorgenson, the Dane |
206
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CHAPTER VII.
GEORGE AUGUSTUS ROBINSON, THE CONCILIATOR.
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| Bruni Island Depôt |
213
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| Truganina, the beautiful Tasmanian |
217
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| The Conciliatory Mission |
220
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| Robinson's Capture of a Tribe |
223
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| Triumphal Entry into Hobart Town |
229
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| Truganina saves Robinson's Life |
233
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CHAPTER VIII.
FLINDERS ISLAND.
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| Swan Island Depôt |
243
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| Gun Carriage Island |
245
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| Flinders Island Depôt |
247
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| Visit of the Quaker Missionaries |
251
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| Life of Aborigines on Flinders Island |
253
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| Mr. Clark, the Catechist |
259
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| School Examination of the Natives |
260
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| Dr. Jeanneret, the Commandant |
267
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| Dr. Milligan removes Natives from Flinders |
270
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CHAPTER IX.
OYSTER COVE.
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| Author's Visit to the Natives at Oyster Cove |
274
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| Death of Mr. Clark |
277
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| Maryann and Walter |
282
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CHAPTER X.
THE SEALERS.
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| Home life of Sealers' Women |
295
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| Robinson removes the Women to Flinders |
300
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| The Qnakers and the Sealers |
305
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CHAPTER XI.
HALF-CASTES.
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| Murder of Half-castes |
311
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| Fecundity of Mixed Races |
318
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| Bishop Nixon's Visit to the Straits' Half-castes |
317
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| Bong and her Daughter Dolly |
321
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CHAPTER XII.
NATIVE RIGHTS.
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| Legal Rights |
327
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| Hanging of Four Tasmanians |
331
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CHAPTER XIII.
CIVILIZATION.
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| Whately's Degradation Theory |
385
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| Effects of Civilization |
348
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| Drink and Civilization |
347
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| Walter, the civilized Tasmanian |
352
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| An Aboriginal Discourse |
354
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| Mr. Wedge's Black Boy |
355
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| Failure of Australian Missions |
365
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| Christian Tasmanians |
367
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CHAPTER XIV.
DECLINE.
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| Amalgamation of Races |
378
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| Decline, a "Decree of Providence" |
375
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| Hawaiian and Maori Decline |
379
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| Drink, the great Destroyer |
381
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| Story of the civilized Mathinna |
388
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| Count Strzelecki's Theory of Decline |
387
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| Lanné, the Last Man |
398
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| Lalla Rookh, the Last Tasmanian |
399
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