by CareEditor | Dec 29, 2020 | Holocene Tasmania
PALAEO ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE TAMAR VALLEY December 2020 Human history in the Tamar Valley could extend back some 40,000 years considering that at least one site in the upper Forth River 200km west has such a basal date, but the Tamar lacks sites, caves, that could...
by CareEditor | Dec 29, 2020 | Holocene Tasmania
“Ochre” Barry H. Brimfield Because of respect and to minimise vandalism the exact location of sites is only approximate. What is Ochre? Ochres are earthy, pulverulent (reduced or crumbled to powder or dust) forms of Haematite and Limonite or friable (easily...
by CareEditor | Dec 29, 2020 | Holocene Tasmania
Tamar Middens By Nigel Burch In early 1801 Philip King, now Governor, decided to establish a government coal mining operation at Newcastle. Although the expedition was nominally under the command of another officer, it included William Paterson, newly appointed as...
by CareEditor | Dec 29, 2020 | Holocene Tasmania
Ochre Exploitation Around the Tamar By Nigel Burch Until very recently it was thought that Tulampanga, near Mole Creek, was the only source of high-grade ochre available to Indigenous peoples. Europeans in the 1820s discovered some of the best-quality ochre in...
by CareEditor | Dec 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Origins of the Term “Stoney Creek Tribe” While the term ‘tribe’ was used by Europeans to describe Aboriginal groups is misleading. Tasmanian Aboriginal groups were loose associations of family or hearth groups (up to about 30) that identified with particular...
by CareEditor | Nov 9, 2020 | Holocene Tasmania
Tamar Valley’s Palaeo Aboriginal History This work, which comprises the three separate study papers, was put together being all connected to the Tamar Valley’s Palaeo-Aboriginal history. As the reader progresses they will see that included are remarks on areas just...
by CareEditor | Nov 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
Lost Mines of the Tamar The Mineral Arch at Albert Hall Albert Hall and its Mineral Arch entrance were built for the 1891 Tasmanian International Exhibition inLaunceston. There was already a Mineral Court planned for the Exhibition, and many companies in thisbook sent...
by CareEditor | Nov 9, 2020 | Understanding how First People’s viewed their world
An Encounter with the First People of Northern Van Diemen’s Land Part 1: Tamar Valley Geology determining occupation When William Collins sailed down the waterway now known as the Tamar, in January 1804, he eventually reached and entered a river to the East, the North...
by CareEditor | Nov 9, 2020 | Holocene Tasmania
Tasmania’s Aboriginal Palaeo Art Barry H. Brimfield 2013 This work is a collection of papers each pertinent to the art produced over thousands of years by the Palaeo-Tasmanian Aboriginal people. Their art had roots extending back to their original homeland...
by CareEditor | Nov 7, 2020 | Understanding how First People’s viewed their world
Adequacy It is tempting to apply modern terms like ‘sustainability’ to Indigenous practice however the key to understanding First People’s attachment to country is adequacy. First Peoples did not expend energy on wasted accumulation but on a vast Estate that provided...
by CareEditor | Nov 7, 2020 | Understanding how First People’s viewed their world
A “grounded” rather than “portable” faith – A Psychic Invasion. Europeans have always had difficulty in grasping a concept of religion in Indigenous practice and even denied until the mid 20th century that you could apply the term ‘religion’ to Aboriginal practice –...
by CareEditor | Nov 4, 2020 | Understanding how First People’s viewed their world
Tamar Valley Geology – Tamar Valley Geology determining occupation. Ian Pattie. When William Collins sailed down the waterway now known as the Tamar, in January 1804, he eventually reached and entered a river to the East, the North Esk, and wrote in his logbook:...
