Title A wild history : life and death on the Victoria River frontier / Darrell Lewis

Edition First edition Published Clayton, Vic. : Monash University Publishing, 2012 Clayton, Victoria : Monash University Publishing, [2012] ©2012

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Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
MELB	994.295 Lew/Whl		AVAILABLE

Description xxiii, 319 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm regular print Contents The Victoria River Country: Land and People -- First Contact -- The Advance Scouts of Settlement -- The Coming of the Cattle -- Unquiet Times -- Jasper Gorge -- Captain Joe's Bradshaw -- The Wild Wardaman Warriors -- The Victoria River Sheep Saga -- Hard-Riding Individualists -- The Nest of Reputed Thieves Summary "Drawing on painstaking research into obscure though rich documentary sources, Aboriginal oral traditions, and first hand investigations conducted in the region over thirty-five years, Darrell Lewis pieces together the complex interactions between the environment, the powerful and warlike Aboriginal tribes and the settlers and their cattle, which produced what truly became A Wild History." - Inside front cover Analysis Australian Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-312) and index Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Victoria River Region (N.T.) Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Victoria River Region (N.T.) -- History Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Victoria River region (N.T.) Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Victoria River Region Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Victoria River Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Northern Territory. Cattle trade -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Victoria River Region -- History Aboriginal Australians -- Victoria River region (N.T.) Cattle trade -- Australia -- Victoria River Region (N.T.) -- History Cattle trade -- Australia -- Victoria River region (N.T.) -- History Cattle trade -- Victoria River region (N.T.) -- History Frontier and pioneer life -- Australia -- Victoria River Region (N.T.) Frontier and pioneer life -- Australia -- Victoria River region (N.T.) Frontier and pioneer life -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Victoria River Region Frontier and pioneer life -- Australia -- Northern Territory. Frontier and pioneer life -- Victoria River region (N.T.) Pioneers -- Australia -- Victoria River Region (N.T.) -- History Ranch life -- Australia -- Northern Territory. Ranches -- Australia -- Victoria River Region (N.T.) -- History Ranches -- Australia -- Victoria River region (N.T.) -- History Ranches -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- History. Ranches -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Victoria River Region -- History Ranches -- Victoria River region (N.T.) -- History Whites -- Australia -- Victoria River Region (N.T.) -- History Victoria River Region (N.T.) -- History Victoria River Region (N.T.) -- Race relations -- History LC no. 2012450111 ISBN 9781921867262 (paperback)

Other Titles Life and death on the Victoria River frontier

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