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Author Ferguson, R. J. (Ronald Jack), 1931-

Title Rottnest Island : history and architecture / R.J. Ferguson
Published Nedlands, W.A. : University of Western Australia Press, 1986

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 W'PONDS  994.12 Fer  AVAILABLE
Description xiii, 126 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, plans ; 26 x 30 cm
Contents Includes bibliographical references
Summary Study of Aboriginal languages and the establishment of Rottnest Island as an island prison for Aboriginal people - p. 8; escape of Aboriginal people from Rottnest and rising tensions - p. 9; lack of records of Aboriginal people imprisoned on Rottnest and the conviction of an Aboriginal man Wewar for "murdering one of his own race" references to tensions between tradiotional and Western law - p. 15; scattered references thereafter
Notes Bibliography: p. 125-126
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 125-126
Subject Architecture -- Australia -- Rottnest Island (W.A. : Island)
Architecture -- Australia -- Rottnest Island (W.A.)
Historic buildings -- Australia -- Rottnest Island (W.A.)
SUBJECT Rottnest Island (W.A. : Island) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115517 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
Rottnest Island (W.A.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no97042843 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
LC no. 87132267
ISBN 0855642483
0855642491 (paperback)