| Description |
xxi, 222 pages : color frontispiece, facsimiles, map (on lining papers) ; 23 cm |
| Summary |
Edited by Kenneth Peake-Jones; written by a member of the expedition who served in the capacity of collector (bird specimens) and armourer uncomplimentary to Sturt and other members of the expedition; few significant references to Aborigines; mentions meeting various groups relations amicable, sometimes following initial period of shyness; p.18; Corroboree (body decoration, music, enactment of kangaroo killing); p.20; Bloody encounters with natives on the Rufus by earlier expeditionary forces; wounding of Robinson during most recent attack; p.21; Two native guides - Nappa (p.63) and Nitebook, native respect for Eyre; p.25; Wurleys sighted, native stove, cooking mashed plant roots; p.26; Reports native attack of whites on Darling River; p.27; Native messenger system; p.30; Native messenger/guide Tuando (Toonda in Sturt diary) aids mapping; p.31; Reference to unfriendly tribes; p.37; Darling River natives with spears turn out to be friendly, corrects earlier statement (p.26) re native attack of whites (men of Mitchell party had killed native woman and child); p.38-39; Wooden spade used in catching grubs; p.39 - description of 3 natives p.41; Nitebooks jocular nature, observations of native women; p.42; Unfriendly relations between tribes; p.44-45; Wangarra Aborigine acts as guide in Laidleys Ponds area; p.47-48; Jacky - Aboriginal messenger from Morunde; p.50-51; Recounts in detail murder of native women by member of Mitchell party (p.26) related by native called Tou-pa (Topar in Sturt diary); p.52; Native production of twine; p.54; Native hat; p.56; Tuando wants to leave expedition; p.61; Encounter with native women; p.63; Nappa & Tuando leave party; p.67; Cicatrization; p.81; Emu trap; p.85; Meet half starved natives, mention of hair and fur rope belt, boomerang, tomahawk; p.100; Description of native huts; p.109; Meet natives afraid of the party; p.111; Food preparation from grass seed; p.135; Humorous description of natives shock at seeing Brocks white legs, feet; p.148; Native Pappas momentarily instills hope of finding inland sea; p.178; Native preparation of flour; p.186; Native attempts theft of jacket; p.188; Successful theft of blanket by native; p.194; Native care with food; p.220; Encounter native (called Pulcanti by Sturt) on Murray River who wounded Robinson (p.20), account of his earlier attempted escape; p.221; Party joined by Tuando and Nitebook |
| Analysis |
Australia. Exploration, 1844-1846. Personal observations |
| Notes |
Australia. Exploration, 1844-1846. Personal observations (ANB/PRECIS SIN 0062251) |
| Event |
1975 |
| Notes |
City East copy donated by Margaret Carnegie |
| Subject |
Brock, Daniel George, 1811-1867
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Sturt, Charles, 1795-1869.
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Explorers -- Australia.
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Explorers -- Biography.
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Explorers -- Australia -- Biography.
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STURT, Charles
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| SUBJECT |
Central Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81035352 -- Discovery and exploration.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002238
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Australia -- Discovery and exploration.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114308
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New South Wales http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79033009 -- Discovery and exploration.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002238
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South Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79100617 -- Discovery and exploration.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002238
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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| Author |
Peake-Jones, Kenneth.
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Royal Geographical Society of Australasia. South Australian Branch.
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| LC no. |
76365739 |
| ISBN |
0909112002 |
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