The Cotton Papers presents the writings and drawings of William Jackson Cotton, compiled and introduced by Jane Cooper, with a prologue by historian Henry Reynolds and notes by historian Nick Clements. The material is presented as Tasmanian Aboriginal mythology and history handed down through five generations of the Cotton family, who settled on Tasmania's East Coast in the 1820s; Cotton reconstructed the papers from memory after the original documents were reportedly destroyed in a house fire in 1959. The material's authenticity has been disputed by historians, and researchers who examined it in 2023 concluded it likely represents a mixture of genuine tradition and fabrication rather than a reliable historical record, noting it sits apart from other documented sources on Tasmanian Aboriginal culture.
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BOOK DETAILS
- Softcover book
- Pages: 240, indexed
- Published by Wellington Bridge Press, Hobart, 2013
- Size 260mm x 200mm
CONDITION
Used
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