MARITIME EXPLORATION AUSTRALIANA Aboriginal

Mackaness’s classic biography of Bligh revised and updated from its original publication in 1931.

Biography of William Bligh ; includes impressions of the Aboriginal people of Tasmania (pp.60-64) ; further observations about the customs of the Aboriginal people of Tasmania (243-246).

• xvi, 573 p : illus., ports., maps (1 fold.) facsims ; 24 cm. #200424
• Bibliography: p. [535]-554.
• Rex Nan KIvell Collection NK7210.
• Bligh, William, 1754-1817
• Bounty (Ship)
• Settlement and contacts – Colonisation – 1788-1850
• Settlement and contacts – Explorers – European
• History – Biographies – Non-Indigenous
• Race relations – Attitudes
• Technology – Fire – Fire making
• Tasmania (Tas)

Vice-Admiral William Bligh FRS was a British officer in the Royal Navy and a colonial administrator (Governor of NSW). He is best known for the mutiny on HMS Bounty, which occurred in 1789 when the ship was under his command. The reasons behind the mutiny continue to be debated.