The Lost Tasmanian RaceSampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1884 - 216 sider |
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Aborigines afterwards Anstey appeared arms attack Australian Ben Lomond benevolent Black War Blacks brought Bruni Bruni Island Bush Bushranger called Captain capture child civilization Clark Colonel Arthur colonists colony conciliation constables convict cruelty dark Derwent Diemen's Land dogs Duterrau Europeans father favourable feeling female fire Flinders Island followed forest gave gentleman George George Washington Walker gins girl Government Governor guns half-caste Hobart Town husband John Batman Jorgen Jorgenson kangaroo killed lady Launceston leader living Lomond Macquarie Harbour Manalagana Maryann miles Mission Mosquito mother murder native women neighbouring night Ourâ outrages Oyster Cove person poor creatures Port Phillip race River tribe Robinson roving parties savage scrub sealers secured servants settlement settlers skin soldiers spears stock-keeper story Straits Sydney Tasmanian told took Truganina Van Diemen's Land waddies Walter wife wild woman wounded
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Side 48 - With 150 men, 10,000 or 11,000 head of black cattle might be obtained without danger of losing one man ; and many savages might be taken without resistance, in order to be sent as slaves to India, as they still always come to us unarmed.
Side 19 - You are to endeavour by every means in your power to open an intercourse with the natives, and to conciliate their good will, enjoining all persons under your Government to live in amity and kindness with them...
Side 212 - Another careful observer of the natives, Mr. Davis, remarks, "The births have been few and the deaths numerous. This may have been in a great measure owing to their change of living and food; but more so to their banishment from the mainland of Van...
Side 36 - ... would be increased a hundred fold. But so far from any systematic plan for the destruction of the stock or people being pursued by the native tribes, their meetings with the herdsmen appear to be generally incidental ; and it is the opinion of the best informed persons who have been longest in the settlement, that the former are seldom the assailants ; and that when they are, they act under the impression of recent injuries done to some of them by white people. It is undeniable that, in many...
Side 18 - This gentle confidence of the people in us, these affectionate evidences of benevolence which they never ceased to manifest towards us, the sincerity of their demonstrations, the frankness of their manners, the touching ingenuousness of their caresses, all concurred to excite within us sentiments of the tenderest interest.
Side 54 - A'nt he kill plenty black un, a woman, and little picaninny too ? Governor. — " But you know, Tom, I want to be friendly and kind to them, yet they would spear me if they met me. Tom (laughing). — " How he tell you make a friend along him ? A'nt he all same a white un? 'Pose black un kill white fellow, a'nt you send all your soddier, all your constable after him ? You say...
Side 213 - The great decrease which has of late years taken place in the amount of the aboriginal Population, renders it not unreasonable to apprehend that the whole race of these people may, at no distant period, become extinct. But with whatever feelings such an event may be looked forward to by those of the Settlers who have been sufferers by the Collisions which have taken place, it is impossible not to contemplate such a result of our occupation of the Island, as one very difficult to be reconciled with...
Side 35 - Forebearance or Conciliation would be useless. It is, however, most certain, that if the Natives were intent upon Destruction of this Kind, and if they were incessantly to Watch for opportunities of effecting it, the Mischief done by them to the Owners of Cattle and Sheep, which are now dispersed for grazing over so great a part of the Interior Country, would be increased a Hundred Fold.
Side 213 - ... of justice and sound policy; and the adoption of any line of conduct, having for its avowed or secret object the extinction of the native race, could not fail to leave an indelible stain upon the British Government.
Side 46 - The wounded were brained ; the infant cast into the flames ; the musket was driven into the quivering flesh ; and the social fire, around which the Natives gathered to slumber, became, before morning, their funeral pile.