The Last of the Tasmanians
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| Author | James Bonwick |
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| Published | London: Sampson Low, Son, & Marston, 1870 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Pages | 400 |
| Text | The Last of the Tasmanians at Wikisource |
The Last of the Tasmanians; or, The Black War of Van Diemen's Land is an 1870 work of history and anthropology by James Bonwick which chronicles and attempts to explain the demographic decline of the aboriginal Tasmanians in the face of European settlement in the 19th century. The book is illuminated with numerous illustrations and coloured engravings.