The Story of Tasmanian Aboriginals: TMAG Pictorial Record (Truganini / King Billy) - 1970s Vintage (Used)

CULTURAL NOTICE: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this vintage publication contains names and photographic images of deceased persons.

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DETAILS

• Title: The Story of Tasmanian Aboriginals
• Publisher: Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG), Hobart.
• Year: Circa 1970/1975 reprint (Originally published 1960).
• Format: 16-page stapled softcover booklet.

ABOUT THIS PUBLICATION
This vintage TMAG booklet serves as an important mid-twentieth-century pictorial and historiographical record of the Aboriginal people of Tasmania. It compiles historical commentary alongside archival photographic plates, sketches, and portraits from the museum's early collections. An elusive and necessary addition for collectors of Tasmanian regional history and mid-century Australian museum publications.

CONDITION REPORT

• Overall: Good (pre-owned)
• Text Block: Pages remain clean, tightly stapled, and free from internal annotations. Tanning consistent with a 50-year-old paper booklet.
• Cover: Complete softcover binding showing light shelf-wear and minor handling marks to the outer edges.

IN-STORE PICKUP
This book is held in our physical inventory at Campbell Town. Local buyers and those travelling the Midland Highway can select "Instore Pickup" at checkout to collect this item directly from the counter at The Book Cellar, underneath Foxhunters Return.