by CareEditor | Apr 25, 2022 | Understanding how First People’s viewed their world
An Encyclopedia of Tasmanian Aboriginal Anthropology BARRY H. BRIMFIELD 2020 CE ARCHAEOLOGY – ITS HISTORY On the 18th February 1802 the Botanist, Leschenault, of the French exploration expedition led by Nicholas Baudin while at Maria Island, came across a small mound...
by CareEditor | Jul 27, 2021 | Understanding how First People’s viewed their world
An Encounter with the First People of Northern Van Diemen’s Land 1642 – 1812, Tasman to the end of the First Epoch Ian Pattie, July 2021 Abstract Dutch, French, and British explorers set foot in Van Diemen’s Land from 1642 bringing with them a range of preconceptions...
by CareEditor | Jan 28, 2021 | Understanding how First People’s viewed their world
FOOD FORAGING (PART 2 “FORAGING & FOOD PREPARATION”) Part 1 “Food Resources” summarised the available fauna and flora, this final section briefly explains the techniques used to obtain the protein and carbohydrates contained within them by hunting, gathering and...
by CareEditor | Jan 28, 2021 | Understanding how First People’s viewed their world
FOOD FORAGING (PART 1 FOOD RESOURCES 2,000 > BP) The Tasmanian Aborigines occupied their island home for at least 40,000 years but it is only the last 2,000 years that is considered here and only mainland Tasmania and offshore islands. A relatively rich area of...
by CareEditor | Jan 28, 2021 | Understanding how First People’s viewed their world
An Encounter with the First People of Northern Van Diemen’s Land A Particularistic Mindset Ian Pattie, July 2021 When Lieutenant-Colonel William Paterson brought a group of white settlers – soldiers, convicts, and farmers – to Port Dalrymple, Van Diemen’s Land, the...
by CareEditor | Jan 28, 2021 | Understanding how First People’s viewed their world
Tamar Valley Geology Determining the First Peoples Occupation of Northern Van Diemen’s Land Ian Pattie, November 2020 Abstract The forces of nature – volcanic, glacial, fault and the like – lay down a rough-hewn sculpture upon which other weathering forces produce a...
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 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:...
