| Description |
280 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 22 cm |
| Summary |
Narrative of the life of Robert Christison; Chap.4; Notes on exploration in Queensland, 1863-1866; meeting with Landsborough near Sutton River; Chap.5; The Wills massacre on the Ngoa River; settling in at Lammermoor, teaching young Aboriginal English; relations between Dalleburra, Mootaburra, Quippenburra & Munggoobra; Chap.6; Christison gives old man a plate and named him King Narkool of Dalleburra tribe; account of corroboree; attack on homestead; Chap.7; Story of the spirit which haunts Mount Alexander; Chap.8; Native crippled woman carried in kangaroo skins, kindness to lamed people; sheep stealing, Native Police action; nets used for trapping game; Chap.9; Excerpts from Parliamentary reports, early authors writings on the effects of white law on Aborigines, land rights suggestion made for segregation policy; Chap.10; Use of boomerangs, throwing sticks (koolbinny), spears, nulla nullas, greenstone tomahawks, quartz knives; yam stick (kalgooly) used by women; cure for snake bite, quartz traded for pituri from Goamulgu tribe; group divided into 4 sections, marriage regulations, initiation; Chap.25; Estimate of population of Dalleburra, degradation of women through white contact; Chap.28; Native names of waterholes; p.271-276; English - Dalleburra dictionary (approximately 560 words) |
| Notes |
Maps on lining papers |
| Bibliography |
Includes index and bibliography |
| Notes |
Copy 1 has handwritten note signed by Mary Bennett attached to fly-leaf |
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OLD RECORD. Verify against ANU shelf-list ANU |
| Restricted |
Mediated access: access to First Nations materials may be restricted while an audit, reparative description and reclassification of these materials is in progress VDU |
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Christison, Robert
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Christison, Robert, 1837-1915
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Christison, Robert, 1837-1915
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Queensland
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Frontier and pioneer life -- Australia -- Queensland.
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Jirandali (Australian people)
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Aborigines, Australian -- Queensland
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Aboriginal Australians -- Queensland
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Aboriginal Australians -- Queensland -- Languages -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc
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Frontier and pioneer life -- Queensland
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Language - English - Aboriginal English
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Language - Vocabulary - Word lists
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Aged
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Animals - Mammals - Marsupials - Kangaroos / Wallabies
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Animals - Reptiles - Snakes
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Ceremonies - Initiation
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Settlement and contacts - Colonisation - 1851-
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Demography - Population dynamics
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Settlement and contacts - Explorers
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Health - Bites and stings
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Hunting - Traps, nets etc
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Indigenous knowledge - Health and medicine
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Politics and Government - National symbols and events - King plates
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Social organisation - Kinship - Marriage
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Land rights
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Animals - Livestock - Stealing and killing
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Economic sectors - Agriculture and horticulture - Pastoral industry
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Plants - Pituri
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Law enforcement - Police - Native police
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Law enforcement - Police conduct and attitudes
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Race relations - Violent - Massacres, murders, poisonings etc. - To 1900
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Settlement and contacts - Settlers
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Economic sectors - Agriculture and horticulture - Pastoral industry - Sheep and wool
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Stories and motifs
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Substance use - Pituri
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Material culture - Fur and skin objects and decorations
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Technology - Stone - Axes / hatchets
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Technology - Stone - Ground
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Technology - Stone - Knives
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Technology - Wood - Digging sticks
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Trade and exchange
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Language - Vocabulary - Place names
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Weapons - Boomerangs - Throwing
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Weapons - Clubs and fighting sticks
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Weapons - Spears
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Weapons - Spearthrowers
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Weapons - Throwing sticks
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Gathering - Plants - Yams
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Dalla language (E25) (Qld SG56-10)
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Dalla people (E25) (Qld SG56-10)
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Guwa language (G9.1) (Qld SF54-11)
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Guwa people (G9.1) (Qld SF54-11)
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Iningai / Yiningay language (L41) (Qld SF55-13)
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Iningai / Yiningay people (L41) (Qld SF55-13)
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Yirandali / Yirandhali language (L42) (Qld SF55-05)
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Yirandali / Yirandhali people (L42) (Qld SF55-05)
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Lammermoor Station (Qld.)
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Charters Towers (Qld.) -- History
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Queensland -- History -- 1824-1900
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Lammermoor (Qld.)
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Kalgoorlie-Boulder (SE WA Goldfields SH51-09)
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North East South Australia (NE SA SG54, SH54)
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South West Queensland (SW Qld SG54, SG55, SH54, SH55)
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Quippenburra (E Qld SF55-01)
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Cullin-La-Ringo (E Qld SF55-15)
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Lammermoor (E Qld SF56-13)
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Nogoa River (E Qld SF55, SG55)
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| LC no. |
00898519 |
