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1 online resource (324 p.) |
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Cover -- About the author -- Title page -- Imprint -- Dedication and epigraph -- Contents page 1 -- Contents page 2 -- Foreword by Lyndall Ryan -- Preface -- Band Names -- Personal Names -- Kikatapula (Black Tom Birch) -- Prologue -- PART ONE: The Spear and the Waddy -- Map -- Key Locations -- 1 -- 'A timorous, harmless race of people' -- 2 -- 'They rushed them at their fires' -- 3 -- 'Nursing Mr. Birch's children at Hobartown' -- 4 -- 'They are very dangerous and troublesome' -- 5 -- 'Oh my God, the black-fellows have got me' -- 6 -- 'Poor Tom Birch was soon captured' |
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7 -- 'The notorious companion of Musquito' -- 8 -- 'Fire, you white cowards' -- 9 -- 'Parrawa, parrawa! Go away!' -- 10 -- 'You white bugger, give me some bread' -- 11 -- 'Beset by these black furies' -- 12 -- 'He has aided in many murders' -- 13 -- 'Murder shakes her bloody spear' -- PART TWO: The Spear Broken -- 14 -- 'Now I like catch all dat black un' -- 15 -- 'I entertain great hopes of the assistance of Tom' -- 16 -- 'Mountain tiers as far as the eye could reach' -- 17 -- 'They are desperate people and will spear us' -- 18 -- 'Tucker said he would shoot Black Tom' |
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19 -- 'This man Tom is a bad character' -- 20 -- 'I greatly deplored the loss of this aborigine' -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1 -- What remains of the warrior -- Appendix 2 -- Justice perverted: The trials of Musquito and Black Jack -- Appendix 3 -- Alexander Laing: Cover-up and downfall -- Acknowledgements -- Bibliography -- Books -- Papers, Journals, Manuscripts, etc. -- Websites -- Newspapers -- Notes -- Preface -- Chapter 1 ̃ 'A timorous, harmless race of people' -- Chapter 2 ̃ 'They rushed them at their fires' -- Chapter 3 ̃ 'Nursing Mr. Birch's children at Hobartown' |
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Chapter 4 ̃ 'They are very dangerous and troublesome' -- Chapter 5 ̃ 'Oh my God, the black-fellows have got me' -- Chapter 6 ̃ 'Poor Tom Birch was soon captured' -- Chapter 7 ̃ 'The notorious companion of Musquito' -- Chapter 8 ̃ 'Fire, you white cowards' -- Chapter 9 ̃ 'Parrawa, parrawa! Go away!' -- Chapter 10 ̃ 'You white bugger, give me some bread' -- Chapter 11 ̃ 'Beset by these black furies' -- Chapter 12 ̃ 'He has aided in many murders' -- Chapter 13 ̃ 'Murder shakes her bloody spear' -- Chapter 14 ̃ 'Now I like catch all dat black un' |
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Chapter 15 ̃ 'I entertain great hopes of the assistance of Tom' -- Chapter 16 ̃ 'Mountain tiers as far as the eye could reach' -- Chapter 17 ̃ 'They are desperate people and will spear us' -- Chapter 18 ̃ 'Tucker said he would shoot Black Tom' -- Chapter 19 ̃ 'This man Tom is a bad character' -- Chapter 20 ̃ 'I greatly deplored the loss of this aborigine' -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Appendix 3 -- Index -- Wakefield Press -- Back cover |
| Summary |
Black Tom Birch was the most feared man in Van Diemen's Land. For years he kept the colony in a state of terror. For the first time, the epic truth is told about this charismatic Aboriginal patriot and his fight against invasion. It is a heroic story - and a tragedy of Shakespearean proportions |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Kickerterpoller, died 1832
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Aboriginal Tasmanians -- Biography
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Aboriginal Tasmanians -- History
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Aboriginal Tasmanians.
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| SUBJECT |
Tasmania -- History -- 1803-1851
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| Subject |
Tasmania.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1743059108 |
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9781743059104 |
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