{"product_id":"tasmanian-aborigines-by-lyndall-ryan-9781742370682","title":"Tasmanian Aborigines","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLyndall Ryan's\u003c\/em\u003e new account of the extraordinary and dramatic story of the Tasmanian Aborigines is told with passion and eloquence. It is a book that will inform and move anyone with an interest in Australian history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eProfessor Henry Reynolds, University of Tasmania\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A powerful and insightful historical account about a unique island and its First peoples, their dispossession and their struggle for survival and cultural birthright\/heritage that reaches from the deep past to the present day.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePatsy Cameron, Tasmanian Aboriginal author, cultural geographer, and cultural practitioner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTasmanian Aborigines were driven off their land so white settlers could produce fine wool for the English textile mills. By the time Truganini died in 1876, they were considered to be extinct. Yet like so many other claims about them, this was wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFar from disappearing, the Tasmanian Aborigines actively resisted settler colonialism from the outset and have consistently campaigned for their rights and recognition as a distinct people through to the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLyndall Ryan\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of the Aboriginal people of Tasmania, from before the arrival of the first whites to current political agendas. Tasmania has been the cradle of race relations in Australia, and their struggle for a place in their own country offers insights into the experiences of Aboriginal people nation-wide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46849980924140,"sku":"9781742370682","price":45.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9608503482808.jpg?v=1759071449","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/tasmanian-aborigines-by-lyndall-ryan-9781742370682","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}