A History of Tasmania, Volume 1: Van Diemen’s Land from the earliest times to 1855
Oxford University Press, $50.00 hb, 632 pp
Genocidal Islanders
Lloyd Robson has produced a finely researched and lucid book which will become a standard reference on the early political history of the island of Tasmania. Volume One deals with the intrigues, conflicts and self-indulgences that were endemic in the emerging society and boldly illustrates the path to ‘self rather than ‘responsible’ government, together with the feelings of animosity that were generated towards particular colonial governorships.
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A History of Tasmania, Volume 1: Van Diemen’s Land from the earliest times to 1855
by Lloyd Robson
Oxford University Press, $50.00 hb, 632 pp
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