Broken Spear : The Untold Story of Black Tom Birch, the Man Who Sparked Australia 's Bloodiest War.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cox, Robert.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kikatapula, approximately 1800-1832.

Kikatapula.

Aboriginal Tasmanians--Biography.

Aboriginal Tasmanians.

Guerrillas--Australia--Tasmania--Biography.

Guerrillas.

Black War, Australia, ca. 1824-1830.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (324 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Adelaide : Wakefield Press Pty, Limited, 2021.

Summary:

Black Tom Birch was the most feared man in Van Diemen's Land. For years he kept the colony in a state of terror. For the first time, the epic truth is told about this charismatic Aboriginal patriot and his fight against invasion. It is a heroic story - and a tragedy of Shakespearean proportions.

Contents:

Cover

About the author

Title page

Imprint

Dedication and epigraph

Contents page 1

Contents page 2

Foreword by Lyndall Ryan

Preface

Band Names

Personal Names

Kikatapula (Black Tom Birch)

Prologue

PART ONE: The Spear and the Waddy

Map - Key Locations

1 - 'A timorous, harmless race of people'

2 - 'They rushed them at their fires'

3 - 'Nursing Mr. Birch's children at Hobartown'

4 - 'They are very dangerous and troublesome'

5 - 'Oh my God, the black-fellows have got me'

6 - 'Poor Tom Birch was soon captured'

7 - 'The notorious companion of Musquito'

8 - 'Fire, you white cowards'

9 - 'Parrawa, parrawa! Go away!'

10 - 'You white bugger, give me some bread'

11 - 'Beset by these black furies'

12 - 'He has aided in many murders'

13 - 'Murder shakes her bloody spear'

PART TWO: The Spear Broken

14 - 'Now I like catch all dat black un'

15 - 'I entertain great hopes of the assistance of Tom'

16 - 'Mountain tiers as far as the eye could reach'

17 - 'They are desperate people and will spear us'

18 - 'Tucker said he would shoot Black Tom'

19 - 'This man Tom is a bad character'

20 - 'I greatly deplored the loss of this aborigine'

Epilogue

Appendix 1 - What remains of the warrior

Appendix 2 - Justice perverted: The trials of Musquito and Black Jack

Appendix 3 - Alexander Laing: Cover-up and downfall

Acknowledgements

Bibliography

Books

Papers, Journals, Manuscripts, etc.

Websites

Newspapers

Notes

Chapter 1 ~ 'A timorous, harmless race of people'

Chapter 2 ~ 'They rushed them at their fires'

Chapter 3 ~ 'Nursing Mr. Birch's children at Hobartown'

Chapter 4 ~ 'They are very dangerous and troublesome'

Chapter 5 ~ 'Oh my God, the black-fellows have got me'

Chapter 6 ~ 'Poor Tom Birch was soon captured'.

Chapter 7 ~ 'The notorious companion of Musquito'

Chapter 8 ~ 'Fire, you white cowards'

Chapter 9 ~ 'Parrawa, parrawa! Go away!'

Chapter 10 ~ 'You white bugger, give me some bread'

Chapter 11 ~ 'Beset by these black furies'

Chapter 12 ~ 'He has aided in many murders'

Chapter 13 ~ 'Murder shakes her bloody spear'

Chapter 14 ~ 'Now I like catch all dat black un'

Chapter 15 ~ 'I entertain great hopes of the assistance of Tom'

Chapter 16 ~ 'Mountain tiers as far as the eye could reach'

Chapter 17 ~ 'They are desperate people and will spear us'

Chapter 18 ~ 'Tucker said he would shoot Black Tom'

Chapter 19 ~ 'This man Tom is a bad character'

Chapter 20 ~ 'I greatly deplored the loss of this aborigine'

Appendix 1

Appendix 2

Appendix 3

Index

Wakefield Press

Back cover.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Cox, Robert Broken Spear

ISBN:

9781743059104

OCLC:

1302005997