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Land of the Sleeping Gods: Untold History and Mythology of the Tasmanian Aborigines

William Jackson Cotton

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Description:The life of the Tasmanian Aboriginal people was smashed by white settlement before it could even be properly described, and much of their story has been considered lost to history. Now comes an extraordinary treasury of new evidence, handed down through five generations of a Tasmanian East Coast family. From the time the Cotton archive came into being in the early 19th century, its Quaker compilers felt bound to keep most of it hidden - so the fascinating and often startling material in this book adds vastly to the sparse public record. What were the Aboriginal people’s religion, their mythology, their beliefs? Who were their heroes? How did they fight wars? What games did they play? Why did they not eat fish? And did any of them survive on Tasmania's mainland after the British had done their best to annihilate them? These questions and many more are illuminated in this intriguing and moving work. At the same time, the manner of its transmission poses further riddles. Painstakingly collated, edited and annotated over some 30 years, with a special essay by historian Henry Reynolds, ‘Land of the Sleeping Gods’ is a must for anyone interested in the poignant, elusive story of Tasmania's first people.The Cotton Papers were an archive of documents and drawings on the society and culture of the Tasmanian Aborigines compiled by early members of the Cotton family, Quakers and early settlers on Tasmania's east coast, and their friend Dr George Story. According to family tradition the material was gathered from 'elderly Aborigines who wanted their traditions recorded before they died'. The archive was destroyed in a fire in 1959 but was re-created, from memory, by William Jackson Cotton. Some of the stories and drawings he produced were published as 'Touch the Morning' in 1979. This compilation has been annotated by historian Nick Clements and includes a special essay by historian Henry Reynolds. Despite the absence of the original documents, this 'fascinating and often startling material' is an important addition to a field of study in which contemporary sources are extremely limited.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Land of the Sleeping Gods: Untold History and Mythology of the Tasmanian Aborigines. To get started finding Land of the Sleeping Gods: Untold History and Mythology of the Tasmanian Aborigines, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 240

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Wellington Bridge Press

Release: 2013

ISBN: 1921767138

Description: The life of the Tasmanian Aboriginal people was smashed by white settlement before it could even be properly described, and much of their story has been considered lost to history. Now comes an extraordinary treasury of new evidence, handed down through five generations of a Tasmanian East Coast family. From the time the Cotton archive came into being in the early 19th century, its Quaker compilers felt bound to keep most of it hidden - so the fascinating and often startling material in this book adds vastly to the sparse public record. What were the Aboriginal people’s religion, their mythology, their beliefs? Who were their heroes? How did they fight wars? What games did they play? Why did they not eat fish? And did any of them survive on Tasmania's mainland after the British had done their best to annihilate them? These questions and many more are illuminated in this intriguing and moving work. At the same time, the manner of its transmission poses further riddles. Painstakingly collated, edited and annotated over some 30 years, with a special essay by historian Henry Reynolds, ‘Land of the Sleeping Gods’ is a must for anyone interested in the poignant, elusive story of Tasmania's first people.The Cotton Papers were an archive of documents and drawings on the society and culture of the Tasmanian Aborigines compiled by early members of the Cotton family, Quakers and early settlers on Tasmania's east coast, and their friend Dr George Story. According to family tradition the material was gathered from 'elderly Aborigines who wanted their traditions recorded before they died'. The archive was destroyed in a fire in 1959 but was re-created, from memory, by William Jackson Cotton. Some of the stories and drawings he produced were published as 'Touch the Morning' in 1979. This compilation has been annotated by historian Nick Clements and includes a special essay by historian Henry Reynolds. Despite the absence of the original documents, this 'fascinating and often startling material' is an important addition to a field of study in which contemporary sources are extremely limited.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Land of the Sleeping Gods: Untold History and Mythology of the Tasmanian Aborigines. To get started finding Land of the Sleeping Gods: Untold History and Mythology of the Tasmanian Aborigines, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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