Aborigines of Victoria : With Notes Relating to the Habits of the Natives of Other Parts of Aus...
ISBN: 9781108006569 | 1108006566
Format: PaperbackPublisher: Cambridge Univ Pr
Pub. Date: 1/21/2010
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This 1878 study of the indigenous Australians in the Victoria region brings together the observations of those who lived or worked closely with the Aboriginal population in the mid- to late nineteenth century. Illustrated throughout, the volume preserves much information about Aboriginal society that might otherwise have been lost.
Robert Brough Smyth (1830-1889) was a successful Melbourne-based mining engineer and civil servant whose international contacts included the geologist Adam Sedgwick. He also spent 16 yea... MORE
Robert Brough Smyth (1830-1889) was a successful Melbourne-based mining engineer and civil servant whose international contacts included the geologist Adam Sedgwick. He also spent 16 yea... MORE
| Preface | |
| Introduction | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mental character | |
| Number and distribution of the aborigines | |
| Birth and education of children | |
| Marriage | |
| Death, and burial of the dead | |
| A native encampment | |
| Food | |
| Diseases | |
| Dress and personal ornaments | ... MORE |
| Ornamentation | |
| Offensive weapons | |
| Defensive weapons | |
| Weapons and implements of the West Australians | |
| Implements and manufactures | |
| Stone implements | |
| Nets and fish-hooks | |
| Methods of producing fire | |
| Canoes | |
| Myths | |
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