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Tasmania: Women, History, Books and Places, Paperback / softback Book

Tasmania: Women, History, Books and Places Paperback / softback

Part of the Of Islands & Women S. series

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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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