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'The axe had never sounded' : place, people and heritage of Recherche Bay, Tasmania / John Mulvaney.

'The axe had never sounded' : place, people and heritage of Recherche Bay, Tasmania / John Mulvaney.
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ISBN 9781921313202 (pbk.)
9781921313219 (online)
Author Mulvaney, D. J. (Derek John), 1925-
Title 'The axe had never sounded' : place, people and heritage of Recherche Bay, Tasmania / John Mulvaney.
Publisher and/or associated date/s Canberra : ANU E Press, c2007.
Description xxi, 141 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Series Aboriginal history monograph 14
Bibliography Bibliography: p. 137-141.
Contents 1. Setting Out -- The Officers -- The Savants -- Ships and Stores -- 2. Recherche Bay -- Recherche Bay, revisited summer 1793 -- 3. Naturalists Ashore -- 4. Botanising -- The Garden -- 5. Measuring and Charting -- 6. Seeking the Tasmanians -- 7. Meeting the Tasmanians -- 8. An Archaeological Heritage -- 9. Labillardière's Luck -- 10. Retrospect: Recherche Bay, History and Anthropology -- 11. The Chaotic Years -- Whaling -- Piracy on the Brig Cyprus -- 12. Lady Jane at Recherche Bay -- 13. Good and Bad Times -- Coal Mining -- James Craig -- 14. The Concept of Heritage -- 15. National Heritage Nomination -- The Dénouement.
Local note Edwards copy: Inscribed on half t.p. to: Bob Edwards, "with deepest regards", signed: John, dated 29-8-07.
Edwards copy: Signed on t.p.by author.
Subjects Aboriginal Tasmanians -- Tasmania -- Recherche Bay
Cultural property -- Political aspects -- Tasmania -- Recherche Bay
Cultural property -- Protection -- Tasmania -- Recherche Bay
Historic sites -- Political aspects -- Tasmania -- Recherche Bay
Historic sites -- Protection -- Tasmania -- Recherche Bay
Recherche Bay (Tas.) -- Discovery and exploration -- French
Recherche Bay (Tas.) -- History
Series Aboriginal history monograph 14.
Call number 305.89915 AHM no. 14
EDWARDS 994.62 MUL
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Barcode Shelf Location Collection Volume Ref. Status Due Date
A00594281 305.89915 AHM no. 14
General Collection Monograph 14 . Available to Museum Staff .  
A00588560 EDWARDS 994.62 MUL
Edwards Collection Monograph 14 . Not for Loan .  
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