Title Drought or deluge : man in the Copper's Creek region / H.M. Tolcher

Published Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press ; Beaverton, OR : International Specialized Book Services, 1986

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W'PONDS	994.237 Tol/Dod		AVAILABLE
MELB	994.237 TOL-D		AVAILABLE

Description xi, 267 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm Contents Includes index Summary Regional history including Aboriginal traditional culture, trade and social organisation (Yantruwanta, Yauraworka, Ngurawola and Wongkumara) exploration (Sturt, Gregory, Burke and Wills, Howitt, McKinlay); settlement history; Aboriginal resistance and violent conflict; depopulation Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes index Notes City East copy donated by Margaret Carnegie Subject Aboriginal Australians -- History. Frontier and pioneer life -- Australia -- Queensland -- Cooper Creek Region (Qld. and S. Aust.) Frontier and pioneer life -- Cooper Creek Region (Qld. and S. Aust.) Frontier and pioneer life -- Australia -- Queensland -- Cooper Creek Region Human settlements -- Australia -- Cooper Creek Region (Qld. and S.A.) Human settlements -- Australia. SUBJECT Cooper Creek Region (Australia) -- History Cooper Creek Region (Qld. and S. Aust.) -- History Cooper Creek Region (Qld. and S.A.) -- History Cooper's Creek Region (Qld. and S. Aust.) -- History New South Wales -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90001495 LC no. 86186040 ISBN 0522843050

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