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Author Furphy, Sam

Title Edward M. Curr and the tide of history / Samuel Furphy
Published Canberra, A.C.T. : Australian National University E Press, ©2013
©2013

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 229 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
Series Aboriginal history monograph, 1324-7018 ; no. 26
Aboriginal history monograph series ; no. 26.
Contents Preliminary; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Prologue: 'Claim sunk by pen of a swordsman'; 1. From Sheffield to Van Diemen's Land; 2. 'Troubles of a Beginner'; 3. 'A Station Formed at Tongala'; 4. Claiming the Moira; 5. Decline and Fall; 6. Rebuilding a Reputation; 7. Recollections of Squatting; 8. 'The native is a child'; 9. The Australian Race; 10. Ethnographic Rivalries; 11. 'My sable neighbours'; 12. The Tide of History; Epilogue: 'The Ghost of Edward Curr'; Bibliography; Index
Summary Edward M. Curr (1820-89) was a pastoralist, horse trader, stock inspector, Aboriginal administrator, author and ethnologist
Analysis Australian history
Indigenous studies
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Curr, Edward M. (Edward Micklethwaite), 1820-1889
Authors, Australian -- Biography
Frontier and pioneer life -- Australia -- Victoria
Aboriginal Australians -- Land tenure.
Native title (Australia)
Yorta Yorta (Australian people)
Australasian and Pacific history.
Ethnic studies.
History.
Humanities.
Indigenous peoples.
Regional and national history.
Social groups.
Society and culture: general.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
Aboriginal Australians -- Land tenure
Authors, Australian
Frontier and pioneer life
Native title (Australia)
Victoria
Genre/Form Biographies
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781922144713
1922144711