'Me Write Myself' : The Free Aboriginal Inhabitants of Van Diemen's Land at Wybalenna, 1832-47

'Me Write Myself' : The Free Aboriginal Inhabitants of Van Diemen's Land at Wybalenna, 1832-47

 
Exiles, lost souls, remnants of a dying race. The fate of the First Nations peoples of Van Diemen's Land is one of the most infamous chapters in Australian, and world, history. The men, women, and children exiled to Flinders Island in the 1830s and 40s have often been written about, but never allowed to speak for themselves. This book aims to change that.

Penned by the exiles during their fifteen years at the settlement called Wybalenna, items in the Flinders Island Chronicle, sermons, letters, and petitions offer a compelling corrective to traditional portrayals of a hopeless, dispossessed, illiterate people's final days. The exiles did not see themselves as prisoners, but as a Free People. Seen through their own writing, the community at Wybalenna was vibrant, complex, and evolving. Rather than a depressed people simply waiting for death, their own words reveal a politically astute community engaged in a fifteen year campaign for their own freedom: one which was ultimately successful.

This is a compelling story that will profoundly affect understandings of Tasmanian and Australian history.

About the Author

Dr Leonie Stevens researches and lectures in History. Previous to working with true stories, she had an extensive background as a fiction writer and editor. She is the author of six novels, a variety of short fiction, and is addicted to B-grade disaster films.

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  • ISBN : 9781925495638
  • Product Type : Book
  • Format : Paperback
  • Author : Leonie Stevens
  • Language : ENG
  • Country of Publication : AU
GTIN: 9781925495638

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