| Description |
xii, 452 pages : coloured folded map ; 21 cm |
| Series |
Australiana Facsimile Editions ; no. 130 |
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Australiana facsimile editions ; no. 130
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| Summary |
Historical account; p.20; Aborigines in city adaptation to new life; p.52-60; Depredations, settlers fear of natives; p.66; Establishment of Protectorate Station; p.70-74, 84-95; Sheep farming at Tongala, Bangerang tribal area, natives attitude; p.194-206; Sheep stealing & methods of dealing with these offences by police; Chap.21, also p.8492, 128-149, 168- 174, 299; Detailed description of the Bangerang tribe - two sections, Wongatpan and Towroonban; List of groups speaking Bangerang dialect; Physical appearance, clothes & ornaments; nasal perforation, tooth avulsion; Causes of reduction of tribal population; Social organization; Taboos; education & initiation, marriage customs, division of labour; Canoe building, types of food, method of tracking, techniques of hunting & fishing, cooking; Cannibalism connected with war or religion, notes on infanticide, training of children; Behaviour towards aged; Burial rites; diseases; Religious beliefs, magic & sorcery; Dwellings; Types of weapons, use of messengers & message sticks; Recreations - ball games & string figures; Detailed description of corroborees, specific mention of one that took place among the Bangerang, Ngooraialum and Pimpandoo tribes Exchange of goods; betrothal; Intelligence and general qualities; Notes on dialects; Chap.22; Warfare, revenge; p.390-391; Aborigines treatment of sickness; p.425-434; mention of some of the characteristics of the Lake Boga tribes; Many other references throughout to relations between natives & white settlers, depredations & murders; Tribal groups mentioned; Wollithiga; Kailtheban (or Waaringulum), Boongatpan, Pikkolatpan, Angootheraban, Ngarrimouro, Moitheriban, Toolinyagan |
| Notes |
Originally published: Melbourne : George Robertson, 1883 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Originally published: Melbourne : George Robertson, 1883 |
| Subject |
Curr, Edward M. (Edward Micklethwaite)
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Victoria -- Social life and customs.
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Aboriginal Australians.
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Environmental policy.
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Ethnology -- Australia -- Victoria.
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Ethnology -- Australia.
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Frontier and pioneer life -- Australia -- Victoria.
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Frontier and pioneer life -- Australia -- Victoria -- 19th century.
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Frontier and pioneer life -- Australia -- Victoria.
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Land settlement -- Australia -- Victoria -- Biography.
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Land settlement -- Australia -- Victoria -- History -- 19th century.
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Sheep -- Australia -- Victoria.
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Sheep -- Australia -- Victoria -- History -- Sources.
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Squatters -- Australia -- Victoria.
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Squatters -- Australia -- Victoria -- Biography.
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| SUBJECT |
Victoria http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79046608 -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001278
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Victoria -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86007556 -- 1788-1851 (Settlement and early growth)
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Victoria -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86007556 -- 1788-1851
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Victoria -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86007556 -- 1834-1851
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| Author |
Valaskakis, Kimon, 1941-
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Libraries Board of South Australia.
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| LC no. |
77390868 |
| ISBN |
0060144890 |
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