Title A cloud of hapless foreboding : Assistant Protector William Thomas and the Port Phillip aborigines 1839-1840 / edited and with commentary by Richard Cotter

Published Sorrento, Vic. : Nepean Historical Society, 2005

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Description iii, 85 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm Contents Machine derived contents note: Preface i -- 1 Thomas and the Port Phillip Aboriginal Protectorate 1 -- 2 First Impressions 8 -- 3 'Into the Field' 13 -- 4 Thomas at Arthur's Seat 25 -- 5 Back to the Settlement 32 -- 6 To Arthur's Seat and Back 40 -- 7 Thomas returns to Arthur's Seat 45 -- 8 'What an awful picture' 49 -- 9 'A Summary of my Labours' 60 -- 10 Further Observations 70 -- Appendices: Recollections of G.G. McCrae 79 -- and Robert Jamieson Summary This book is a selection of Thomas's writings of 1839 and 1840. He was an observer of Aboriginal societies- particularly the Woi Wurrung, the Boon Warrung and the Daung wurrung people as they confronted changes that were not of their making Notes "September 2005" Subject Thomas, William, 1791-1867 -- Diaries. Thomas, William, 1791-1867. Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Port Phillip Bay (Vic.) -- First contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Port Phillip Bay (Vic.) -- History. Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Port Phillip Bay (Vic.) -- Social conditions. Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Victoria -- Port Phillip Region -- Government relations -- History Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Victoria -- Port Phillip Region -- History -- Sources Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Victoria -- Port Phillip Region -- History Aboriginal Australians -- Treatment -- Australia -- Victoria -- Port Phillip Region -- History SUBJECT Port Phillip Bay (Vic.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85105048 -- History -- Sources. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012008 Port Phillip Bay (Vic.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85105048 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 Port Phillip Bay Region (Vic.) -- History Port Phillip Region (Vic.) -- History Genre/Form Diaries. Author Cotter, Richard. Nepean Historical Society (Vic.) LC no. 2006404163 ISBN 0975712756 (paperback)

Other Titles Assistant protector William Thomas and the Port Phillip Aborigines 1839-1840 William Thomas and the Port Phillip Aborigines 1839-1840

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