Thylacine: The Tragic Tale of the Tasmanian Tiger

Title page......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
Preface......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 10
1 What's in a name?......Page 13
2 In the beginning: Evolution......Page 26
3 At the end: Extinction......Page 37
4 'Pathetically little is known'......Page 46
5 A rugged and determined front: Van Diemen's Land settled......Page 61
6 Before the fall: Trowenna......Page 69
7 A land in need of taming......Page 83
8 Tall tales, tiger men and bounties......Page 97
9 'Them bloody useless things' 1888-1930......Page 119
10 A bad finish: 7 September 1936......Page 136
11 A lost object of awe......Page 147
12 We wake up too late......Page 160
13 The tiger in commerce and art......Page 175
14 Beating a seventy-year hiccup: cloning......Page 190
15 Sightings and the science of survival......Page 198
Notes......Page 213
Select bibliography......Page 229
Index......Page 233