Title Australasia and the Oceanic region : with some notice of New Guinea : from Adelaide - via Torres Straits -to Port Darwin thence round West Australia / by William Brackley Wildey

Published Melbourne : George Robertson, 1876

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ADPML SPC	919.403 Wil/Aat		LIB USE ONLY

Description xiv, 426 pages ; 20 cm regular print Contents South Australia. -- Northern Territory. -- East Indian archipelago. -- West Australia. -- Victoria. -- Tasmania. -- New South Wales. -- Queensland Summary p.114-120; Location of Larrakeya, Woolnah, Waaggites, Aguagwillas, Gwoolingahs, Woolwongahs; brief description of appearance and disposition, weapons, children, child betrothals; diseases, bodily mutilations, initiation rites, burial customs and cannibalism; comparison with Murray & Coorong tribes; fire, food & clothing; relationship with settlers Notes Cover title: Wildley's Australasia and the Oceanic region Event 1875 Notes Also available electronically at Internet Archive: http://www.archive.org/details/texts (scanned by Google Books) SUBJECT Asia, Southeastern -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008112241 Australia -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009579 Islands of the Pacific http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85068616 -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001278 New Guinea -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116299 New Guinea. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091290 Oceania -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85093911 Southeast Asia, Southeastern -- Description and travel LC no. 00711619

Other Titles Wildley's Australasia and the Oceanic region Wildey's Australasia and the Oceanic region

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