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Tracker Marks was of a different opinion. Though he seemed more white than a white man, he had no time for their ways. For him his dress, his deportment was no different than staying downwind in the shadows of trees when hunting, blending into the world of those he hunted, rather than standing out from it. Once he had excelled at the emu dance & the kangaroo dance; then his talent led him to the whitefella dance, only now no-one was left of his tribe to stand around the fire & laugh & praise his
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The few survivors were hounded into an evangelical concentration camp, where well-meaning but not particularly open-minded missionaries tried to indoctrinate them in the ways of the modern world. The Tasmanians were instructed in reading and writing, Christianity and various ‘productive skills’ such as sewing clothes and farming. But they refused to learn. They became ever more melancholic, stopped having children, lost all interest in life, and finally chose the only escape route from the moder
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― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
A Facebook group for Tasmanian’s in their 20s to find others of a similar age who also enjoy rea…more
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This global discussion group has been designed to encourage debates about important and underrep…more
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The one stop Book Club for anyone from Tasmania, Australia. We’re about a love of all books, fro…more
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