The Vandemonian war : the secret history of Britain's Tasmanian invasion / Nick Brodie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brodie, Nicholas Dean, 1981- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Genocide--Australia--Tasmania--History.

Genocide.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (422 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Richmond, Victoria : Hardie Grant Books, 2017.

Summary:

The Vandemonian War had many sides and shades, but it was fundamentally a war between the British colony of Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) and those Tribespeople who lived in political and social contradiction to that colony. In The Vandemonian War acclaimed history author Nick Brodie now exposes the largely untold story of how the British truly occupied Van Diemen's Land deploying regimental soldiers and special forces, armed convicts and mercenaries. Historians failed to see through the myths and lies - until now. The Vandemonian War was one of the darkest stains on a former empire which arrogantly claimed perpetual sunshine. The Vandemonian War is the story of that fight, redrawn from neglected handwriting nearly two centuries old.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter One Conquest and Division

Chapter Two Scouring the Country

Chapter Three Clearing the Settled Districts

Chapter Four Mercenaries and Aboriginal Guides

Chapter Five The Oatlands Roving Parties

Chapter Six Offensive Defence in Reality and Record

Chapter Seven The Methods and Landscape of Settlement

Chapter Eight Aboriginal Auxiliaries

Chapter Nine Pushing Further while Debating Peace

Chapter Ten Roving Still

Chapter Eleven Beyond the Limits of Law and Documentation

Chapter Twelve Keeping up the Pretence and the Pressure

Chapter Thirteen Captivity, Qualms and Escalation

Chapter Fourteen Agitation and Armament

Chapter Fifteen Propaganda and the Preliminary Manoeuvres

Chapter Sixteen Necessity Has No Law

Chapter Seventeen Harass Them if They Cannot Be Taken

Chapter Eighteen From Open War to Black Operations

Chapter Nineteen The War after the War

Chapter Twenty Allies, Enemies and Ambiguities

Chapter Twenty-one Ending the Vandemonian War

Afterword

Pictures

Endnotes

Acknowledgements

Copyright Page.

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ISBN:

1-74358-509-8

OCLC:

1035406704