Some Account of the Wars, Extirpation, Habits, &c., of the Native Tribes of Tasmania

by James Erskine Calder

THE
NATIVE TRIBES
OF
TASMANIA

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J. E. CALDER

SOME ACCOUNT

OF THE

WARS, EXTIRPATION,
HABITS, &c.,

OF THE

NATIVE TRIBES

OF

TASMANIA:

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BY J. E. CALDER.

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Tasmania:

Henn and Co., printers, 12 & 75 Elizabeth Street,
Hobart Town.

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1875.

TO GEORGE WHITCOMB, ESQUIRE,

the intimate friend of Tasmania's greatest benefactor

GEORGE AUGUSTUS ROBINSON,

This volume, embodying an account of his services and

exploits, is inscribed by

J. E. Calder.

June, 1876.

I have said elsewhere that in preparing the foregoing narrative I have had the great advantage of consulting the immense correspondence on the subject of the aborigines of Tasmania, which is deposited in the office of the Colonial Secretary; and I take this opportunity to express my acknowledgements to such of the gentlemen of that department who kindly facilitated the tedious work of reference thereto, namely the chief of the office staff B. T. Solly Esquire, and his assistants Messieurs H. E. Smith and R. Newman.

J. E. C.

Note.—This account of the Aboriginal Inhabitants of Tasmania, is compounded of three papers written by me,—one published in the Australasian in 1872, a second in the Mercury, 1874, and the other in the Tasmanian Tribune, 1875.

J. E. Calder,
⁠August, 1875.

Chapters (not listed in original)

• Some Account of the Wars, Extirpation, Habits, &c., of the Native Tribes of Tasmania
  • Chapter 1
  • Chapter 2
• Sealers v. Blacks: A Straitsman's Story
• The Early Years of the Last of the Tasmanians
• Narrative of a Trip to Oyster Cove in 1855
• Appendix