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