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Tasmania: Women, History, Books and Places (Paperback)
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Tasmania: Women, History, Books and Places (Paperback)
Series: Of Islands & Women S., v. 3
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List price R496
Loot Price R450
Discovery Miles 4 500
You Save R46 (9%)
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In 1792 Louise Girardin - disguised as a French sailor - was the
first white woman to visit Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania). She was
followed by Martha Hayes who stepped ashore in 1803 among the first
women settlers and convicts; she was the pregnant 16 year-old
mistress of their leader. But Aboriginal women had already lived on
the island for perhaps 40,000 years. The first to be named in
exploration literature is Ouray-Ouray; the best known is Trukanini,
erroneously called the last Tasmanian when she died in 1876. In the
1970s, Aboriginal rights became a live issue, often with women in
the forefront, as they were, too, in environmentalism. This book
gathers together these strands, and that of a vibrant women's
literature, linking them to place - an island of still unspoilt
beauty and unique flora and fauna.
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