topp8564 at mail.usyd.edu.au wrote:
>On 19/9/02 6:23 AM, "lbo-talk-digest" <owner-lbo-talk-digest at lists.panix.com>
>wrote:
>
>> If I was correctly informed, the extermination of the aboriginal
>> population of Tasmania is the only case of successful total genocide
>> in history. Do you deserve some retribution for this too?
>>
>> Doug
>
>Just a quick note that although the Tasmanian genocide was particularly nasty,
>and came very close to exterminating the Aboriginal population, Tasmanian
>Aborigines in fact survived. Some were removed to Cape Barren Island, some
>survived in "mainland Tasmania" (a phrase which should give you some idea of
>the insularity of the joint.) viz. Molly Mallet "My Past -Their Future Stories
>from Cape Barren Island."
>
>But your point stands, of course.
>
>T.O.
>
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