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xii, 88 pages : illustrations, map, portrait ; 22 cm |
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regular print |
Summary |
Describes overland trip of 1864-5; Aborigines encountered and attacks fought off in number of places on west side of Peninsula; Descriptions of spears, fishing weirs, fish spears, burnt off grass, stone axe, remnants of cannibal meal or burial (on Einasleigh R.), fishing nets, use of fish poison, hooks and lines, canoes, drum obtained by barter from Torres Straits Islanders; smoking method; Appendix notes, foods eaten by Aborigines; Quotes in full the Report to the Colonial Secretary of Queensland by John Jardine, 1865; Gives details of general locality of Somerset, hunting of turtle, use of remora, barter of shell with Torres Straits Islanders, physical appearance of Aborigines, shelters, weapons, canoes, food, tribes - Gudang, Koraregas, Goomkoding, Yadaigan,; Undooyamo, and their distribution; Beliefs |
Notes |
Originally published: Brisbane : J.W. Buxton, 1867 (Ferguson no. 7747) |
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Cover title: Jardine's journal |
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Donation |
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Includes map attached to back cover |
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An edition of this publication is available online (as at 20/07/10) at: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/4521 |
Subject |
Jardine, Frank Lascelles -- Travel -- Australia -- Queensland.
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Jardine, Alexander -- Travel -- Australia -- Queensland.
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Jardine, Frank, 1841-1919 -- Queensland, North
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Jardine, Alexander -- Travel -- Queensland, North
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Explorers -- Australia.
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SUBJECT |
Queensland, North -- Discovery and exploration
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Cape York Peninsula (Qld.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85019901 -- Discovery and exploration.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002238
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Queensland, Northern -- Discovery and exploration
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Queensland http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79004089 -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001278
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Queensland http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79004089 -- Discovery and exploration.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002238
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Author |
Byerley, Frederick J., editor
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Jardine, Alexander, author
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LC no. |
95147647 |
ISBN |
0646171119 |
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