Publications by Henry Reynolds

Books

A History of Tasmania by Henry Reynolds

A History of Tasmania

by Henry Reynolds

Publisher:
Cambridge, 2012
Format:
Paperback, 331 pages (also Kindle)
Other info:
A concise and highly readable account of Tasmanian history since the late 18th century.
ISBN:
978-0-521-54837-3
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The author captures the perspectives of both Indigenous Tasmanians and British settlers, providing an original and engaging exploration of the fraught first encounters, Reynolds explores how geography created a unique economic and migratory history for Tasmania, quite different from the mainland experience.

Why Weren’t We Told? by Henry Reynolds

Why Weren’t We Told?

by Henry Reynolds

Publisher:
Penguin, 1999
Format:
Paperback, 264 pages
Other info:
A personal search for the truth about our history.
ISBN:
978 0 14027842 2
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Historian Henry Reynolds asks this question and answers by tracing his personal journey towards the realisation that he, like generations of Australians, grew up with an idealised version of the past.

Fate of a Free People by Henry Reynolds

Fate of a Free People

by Henry Reynolds

Publisher:
Penguin, 1990
Format:
Paperback, 259 pages
Other info:
Groundbreaking study of Aboriginal/European relations in Colonial Tasmania
ISBN:
014 3002 376
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This book changed the way early Tasmanina history was understood. It established that a treaty was negotiated between the Aboriginal nations of Central Tasmania and the agent of the Colonial Government George Augustus Robinson.