| Description |
65 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 22 cm |
| Summary |
Historical and geographical survey of part of northeast Victoria; p.8-16; Notes on estimated numbers, animal & plant foods, bogong moth (preparation & capture, nets), relationship to ecology & environment, contrasts attitude of Rev. Joseph Docker at Bontharambo with attack on William Faithfull's employees; (Faithfull massacre, 1838), notes use of smoke signals to call other groups of natives, reduction in numbers by introduction of disease & loss of land & food sources |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Cover subtitle: Wangaratta, Benalla, Bright, Beechworth and district |
| Bibliography |
Bibilography: p. 61 |
| Notes |
Copy 2 - donation from Tom Austen Brown collection |
| Subject |
Communications - Nonverbal - Smoke signals
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Health - Physiology and diseases
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Gathering - Insects
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Animals - Invertebrates - Insects - Butterflies / Moths
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Food - Preparation - Cooking - Plants
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| SUBJECT |
Ovens Valley (Vic.) -- History
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Ovens River Valley (Vic.) -- History
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| Subject |
Ovens River (N Vic SJ55-01)
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Benalla (N Vic SJ55-02)
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| Author |
Forster, Harley W
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| LC no. |
71564571 |
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