History of Tasmania Vol. 2 : Colony and State from 1856 to the 1980s

The second of a two-volume history of Tasmania, Robson here traces Tasmania's experience of colonial government and post-federation statehood from 1856 to the 1980s. The themes and events covered include: the spread of settlement and pursuit of material advancement; the scant regard for preservation of the land and its resources; loyalty and devotion to the empire and a fearful resistance to change, buttressed by anti-democratic political and social institutions; the troubling but often imperfectly heard echoes of the past; poverty; disease; deprivation; and war. Robson has written an account which charts not only the history of Tasmania, but, in microcosm, also of Australia as a whole.Robson, Lloyd L. is the author of 'History of Tasmania Vol. 2 : Colony and State from 1856 to the 1980s', published 1991 under ISBN 9780195530315 and ISBN 0195530314.