Title The savage crows / Robert Drewe

Published Sydney : Fontana, 1978

Copies

Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
MELB	827.03 D7765 A6/S 1978		AVAILABLE

Description 264 pages ; 18cm Summary Novel concerning extinction of Tasmanian Aborigines; author's note that characterisatons of G.A. Robinson and Truganini bears resemblance to their known personalities, however backdrop of events while based on research, includes some fictionalised reconstruction; author recommends novel not to be used for factual study Analysis Novels in English. Australian writers, 1945-. Texts Notes First published: Sydney : William Collins, 1976 Subject Robinson, George Augustus, -1866. Truganini, approximately 1812-1876. Aboriginal Tasmanians -- Fiction. Australian fiction -- 20th century. Genocide -- Australia -- Tasmania -- History -- 19th century. SUBJECT Bass Strait (Vic. and Tas.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88001473 -- Fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001562 Genre/Form Fiction. LC no. 77361821 ISBN 0006145051

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