John Mulvaney
Published by ANU E Press and Aboriginal History Incorporated
Aboriginal History Monograph 14
National Library of Australia
Cataloguing-in-Publication entry
Mulvaney, D. J. (Derek John), 1925- .
The axe had never sounded : place, people and heritage of
Recherche Bay, Tasmania.
Bibliography.
ISBN 9781921313202 (pbk.)
ISBN 9781921313219 (online)
1. Aboriginal Tasmanians - Tasmania - Recherche Bay. 2.
Cultural property - Political aspects - Tasmania -
Recherche Bay. 3. Recherche Bay (Tas.) - Discovery and
exploration - French. 4. Recherche Bay (Tas.) - History.
I. Title.
994.62
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