The Last of the Tasmanians; or, The Black War of Van Diemen's Land is an 1870 work of history and anthropology by James Bonwick, which chronicles and attempts to explain the demographic decline of the Aboriginal Tasmanians in the face of British settlement in the 19th century.Lawson 2014, pp. 8–9. The book is illuminated with numerous illustrations and coloured engravings.
Contents
Chapter I. Voyagers Tales of the Tasmanians Chapter II. The Black War Chapter III. Cruelties to the Blacks Chapter IV. Outrages of the Blacks Chapter V. The Line Chapter VI. Capture Parties Chapter VII. George Augustus Robinson, the Conciliator Chapter VIII. Flinders Island Chapter IX. Oyster Cove Chapter X. The Sealers Chapter XI. Half-castes Chapter XII. Native Rights Chapter XIII. Civilization Chapter XIV. Decline
Plagiarised edition A plagiarised edition of Bonwick's work was printed at Sydney by the Shakespeare Head Press in 1973 and attributed to Michael David Davies. The prose was slightly modernised and the work concluded with a new chapter by Davies which speculated on the origins of the indigenous Tasmanians.Windschuttle 2005, pp. 175–6.
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