Title Life in the bush (1840-1847) : a memoir of Henry Howard Meyrick / by F.J. Meyrick ; with a foreword by Sir William Campion

Published London ; Melbourne : Nelson, 1939

Copies

Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
W'PONDS	994.5 Mey		AVAILABLE

Description xvi, 268 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 21 cm Summary Early days in Victoria; Head men, early contacts; History of Melbourne; Medicine men in tribe at Colourt, healing magic; Contact with whites killing natives; Aborigines fast disappearing, many shot, approx. 450 murdered; Camp life Notes pls Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes RB copy - donation from Tom Austen Brown collection Subject Meyrick, Henry Howard, 1822-1847 Meyrick, Henry Howard Pioneers -- Australia -- Victoria. Pioneers -- Australia. SUBJECT Australia -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009579 Australia -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009591 South Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79100617 -- Social conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008850 -- 1836-1851 South Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79100617 -- Social life and customs http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008851 -- 1836-1851 Victoria http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79046608 -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001278 Victoria -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86007556 -- 1834-1851 Genre/Form Biographies. Author Meyrick, Henry Howard LC no. a4001820

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