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Author Morton, W. Lockhart (William Lockhart)

Title Adventures of a pioneer / William Lockhart Morton ; edited by J.O. Randell
Published Carlton, Vic. : Queensberry Hill, 1978

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Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 W'BOOL  994 Mor  AVAILABLE
 ADPML GENEA  994 Mor/Aoa  LIB USE ONLY
Description 290 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates ; 20cm
Summary Includes references to Aborigines - relations with settlers near Bendigo, Vic.; mythology about serpent inhabiting the Great Mallee, Vic.; meeting with Aborigines at Roper Ck, Qld, during exploration, and description of their weapons and tools; rainmaking ceremony and medicinal practices near Torowoto Swamp, NSW
Notes Index
Limited edition of 350 numbered copies
Originally published in 20 parts in the magazine Once a month issued between 1884 and 1886, and printed by William Inglis, Melbourne
Bibliography Bibliography: page[285]
Event 1978
Subject Morton, W. Lockhart (William Lockhart)
Morton, William Lockhart, 1820-1898.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Australia.
Pioneers -- Australia -- Biography.
Australia -- Biography.
Australia -- History -- 1788-1851 (Settlement and early growth)
Author Randell, John Ormond, 1926- editor
Queensberry Hill Press
LC no. 80154151
ISBN 0909174083
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