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

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AU TAS UTAS SPARC RS40-3

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

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  • 1899 (Creation)

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(1843-1924)

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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 Island, a position which he retained for 7½ years.

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'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 being compiled 'from a diary and notes written during many years residence in the islands and compiled at the request of the Right Rev. H. H. Montgomery, Bishop of Tasmania, Launceston, October 16th 1899

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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

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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

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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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HE May2020

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