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tasmania: the last of the last

Posted on January 6, 2013 by Dave

The final solution down under and the extinction of Tasmania’s aborigines…. The last male aborigine was an alcoholic whaling man, “King Billy” Lanney, who became a public spectacle in his later years, was shown off at government functions, photographed by … Continue reading →

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tasmania: arriving at divine satisfaction

Posted on January 6, 2013 by Dave

George Augustus Robinson had the aborigines of Tasmania transferred to Flinders Island, where doomed and dispirited they met their demise… …Robinson also inculcated in his wards, dependent for the past few millenniums entirely on hunting and scavenging, a more suitable … Continue reading →

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tasmania: they died by the dozens

Posted on January 5, 2013 by Dave

Transferring the Tasmanians to Flinders Island, restricting their movement, and dousing them with grim, Dickens era Christianity … …Some two hundred Tasmanians were sent to Wybalenna, and there, slowly, far away and out of sight, forgotten by the settlers, guarded … Continue reading →

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tasmania: presiding over the decay

Posted on January 5, 2013 by Dave

The final solution down under. Tasmania. And the man who was supposed to save them, may have contributed to their extinction… Flinders Island, to northern tastes, is said to hold great beauty: windswept silence, bare central hills, thick and aromatic … Continue reading →

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