posted on 2023-11-22, 08:52authored byGeorge Horne
The following paper seeks to deal with these implements as they are found in Tasmania, and to institute a comparison with those found in S.E. Victoria. This is the last part of Australia to be united to Tasmania, and here, if anywhere, resemblances should be found. When we take into consideration the daily life of the aboriginal, a considerable part must have been spent in the making, smoothing, sharpening, and maintaining of his wooden weapons. These were two in number - the spear and the throwing stick. All the secondary or finishing work on them was done with the concave stone implements. Article includes illustrations.
History
Publication title
Papers & Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
Pagination
182-187
Rights statement
In 1843 the Horticultural and Botanical Society of Van Diemen's Land was founded and became the Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land for Horticulture, Botany, and the Advancement of Science in 1844. In 1855 its name changed to Royal Society of Tasmania for Horticulture, Botany, and the Advancement of Science. In 1911 the name was shortened to Royal Society of Tasmania..