| Description |
vi, 173 pages : maps ; 26 cm |
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Ethnohistory series ; no. 1 |
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Occasional papers in Aboriginal studies ; no. 12 |
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Ethnohistory series ; 1
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Ethnohistory series ; no. 1
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Occasional papers in aboriginal studies ; no. 12
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| Summary |
(Rev. M.A. thesis, Monash University, 1966); Sources for accounts, Howitt (1838), Dawson (1881), Curr (1886); Wimmera-Wotjobaluk trading group (McCarthy); Yauerin class formula, council of elders conducted affairs (Howitt); Religion Bunjie initiation; Belief in extraction of kidney fat; Bangals, medicine men; Western District description of camps; Terang district meeting place for trade; Totems, female descent Government hereditary right, paramount powers of chief (Dawson); Religion - totemism, initiation ceremonies, magic (Bunjie), tribal all-father; Varied diet, fisheries constructed, beal (native fermented drink); First contacts to 1842; Portland Bay area, C. & J. Mills (Mills Family of Portland, Papers) & Western District, Hentys (Memorial of the Hentys...); Clashes with natives, killings & stealing cattle; Wedge (1840) & formation of Protection of Aborigines Port Phillip district; Killing by Aborigines cited; Failure of missionaries east of lakes 1839-49, undermining religious beliefs, dispossession of land, enforced contact with traditional enemies; Colac tribe killed by hostile neighbours, Buntingdale Mission; Geelong - Colac area; dependency on Europeans, effects of alcohol (N.S.W. Legis. Council); West of lakes 1840s - struggle for possession of land, appointment of Sievewright as Aboriginal Protector; Mount Rouse established, food allotment, attendance & provision tables 1842-48, inadequate supplies; Mount Rouse closed 1848, end of Protectorate 1849; Citings of clashes with tribes Wimmera district, some cases of settlers, Aborigines & the law cited; Poisoning of natives Port Fairy; Condition of Barrobool tribe, i.e. habits & movements, number employed, capacity of employment, payment tabulated; Native police expeditions; European attitudes & conditions of Aborigines, half-castes, alcohol & traditional customs discussed briefly; Estimate of Aborigines killed before 1860; Areas mentioned; Portland Bay, Geelong, Port Fairy, Warrnambool, Ararat, Dimboola, Camperdown, Colac, Warracknabeal; Five Tasmanian Aborigines lived with Chief Protector (Robinson), later 2 were hung after killing 2 whites |
| Notes |
tbls.; maps |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 158-173 |
| Restricted |
Mediated access: access to First Nations materials may be restricted while an audit, reparative description and reclassification of these materials is in progress |
| Subject |
Buntingdale Mission (Vic.)
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Aboriginal Australians -- Government relations.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Victoria.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Victoria -- History.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Victoria.
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Europeans -- Victoria -- History
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Europeans -- Australia -- Victoria.
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Indigenous peoples -- Australia -- Victoria.
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| SUBJECT |
Victoria -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86007556
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Victoria http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79046608 -- Native races
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| Author |
Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies.
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| LC no. |
74857880 |
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