This work presents an incredible history of Tasmania, an island state of Australia. The writer discusses the life of natives, their origin and exile, the variou

Author's copy. Printed, with MS. corrections and annotations by the author. Handwriting identical with that in a letter from West to Edward Wise, 5 June 1864 in

"The History of Tasmania" in two volumes is the most significant work by the Australian author John West that features the development of the British colonizati

"The History of Tasmania" by John West tells about the first reported sighting of Tasmania by a European explorer Abel Tasman, a 1772 French expedition led by M

James Fenton (1820-1901) was born in Ireland and emigrated to Tasmania (then known as Van Diemen's Land) with his family in 1833. He became a pioneer settler in