Item 3 - The Furneaux Islands, their early settlement and some characteristics of their inhabitants

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AU TAS UTAS SPARC RS40-3

Title

The Furneaux Islands, their early settlement and some characteristics of their inhabitants

Date(s)

  • 1899 (Creation)

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Name of creator

(1843-1924)

Biographical history

Born in England, and arrived in South Australia at the age of six. Early in life he became associated with the Methodist Church in South Australia, and was later chosen for church and school work in connection with the Aboriginal reserve at Cape Barren ... »

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Scope and content

'The Furneaux Islands, their early settlement and some characteristics of their inhabitants'· by Edward William Stevens, State School teacher and catechist, 1790-1899.
Written for for the Royal Society of Tasmania in 1899. Handwritten article described as ... »

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Conditions governing reproduction

This material is made available for personal research and study purposes under the University of Tasmania Standard Copyright Licence. For any further use permission should be obtained from the copyright owners. For assistance please contact Special.Collections@utas.edu.au

Publication note

Photograph Edward Stephens, school master, and his family in front of the Cape Barren Island school house and dwelling. https://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/1268397

Publication note

The struggle for recognition: Part-Aborigines in Bass Strait in the Nineteenth Century
Lyndall Ryan, Aboriginal History Vol. 1 1977 http://press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/press/p176601/pdf/article02.pdf

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Dates of creation revision deletion

HE May2020

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