Truth Telling at Risdon Cove* argues for a reconsideration of the 'massacre' tag for the events that occurred at Risdon Cove on May 3 1804 and calls for a reassessment of the historiography for Tasmania’s first British settlement.

*Book out now - available in all good independent bookshops or on-line here at our Bookstore

A review of Truth-Telling at Risdon Cove by the Tasmanian Historical Research Association (THRA) is here

Long-time history enthusiasts Scott Seymour, George Brown and Roger Karge team-up with new methodology to uncover previously overlooked evidence from the archives in Hobart, Sydney, London and Dublin that shows that the orthodox historiography of Risdon Cove is wrong, seriously wrong.

Truth Telling at Risdon Cove is out now. Read your copy and you decide.