The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #151453   Message #3535478
Posted By: dbranno
09-Jul-13 - 11:14 AM
Thread Name: More Ned Kelly
Subject: RE: More Ned Kelly
Yes Phil - but you can buy a (unisex?) 'Map of Tasmania' apron at the Salamanca market. One size fits all...
@Andrez: that's the big question my friend. I've been reading 'Van Diemen's Land' by James Boyce, presently paused at the appendix on the genocide.
Even in the daylight it's a difficult book to read, especially as I live on the island now, and it feels like it's all just down the road and only yesterday.
Quite a different take on the the island's history to that more generally assumed.
And take the case of that great Australian Pemulwuy, who led the Eora mob in a twelve year war of resistance against the invaders - now there was a hero. One wonders if he and Ned might have had something in common.

Cheers. Keep at it!