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Henry Ling Roth in Tasmania

Russell John McDougall

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    Abstract

    Familiar now mainly to antiquarian booksellers, the name of Henry Ling Roth (1855-1925) was widely known in his own time, for he was highly regarded by all of the establishment figures of anthropology... My interest in this chapter is in Ling Roth's contribution to late Victorian and early Edwardian British and European understandings of the history and cultures of the Tasmanians, and in how his work is being mobilised in the contemporary history wars over Australia's past. The publication of "The Aborigines of Tasmania" in 1890 and of the revised edition of 1899 were key moments in the translation of the indigenous peoples of Tasmania for European and Australian settler consumption, with lasting but changing implications.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationWriting, Travel, and Empire: In the Margins of Anthropology
    Editors Hulme, Peter, McDougall, Russell
    Place of PublicationLondon, United Kingdom
    PublisherIB Tauris & Co Ltd
    Pages43-68
    Edition1
    ISBN (Print)1845113047, 9781845113049
    Publication statusPublished - 2007

    Publication series

    NameInternational Library of Colonial History
    Number10

    Keywords

    • Australian History (excl Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History)

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