A Tour Through the Australian Colonies in 1839

A Tour Through the Australian Colonies in 1839
Author: A. Russell
Publisher:
Total Pages: 354
Release: 1840
Genre: Aboriginal Australians
ISBN:

Information for intending migrants & travellers; p.79-86; Adelaide tribe, employed by Europeans on odd jobs, cicatrizations, natives among constabulary include King John, Captain Jack & Rodney, corroboree (clap sticks, cloth or skin pad beaten), use of steel axes, animal foods listed; p.102-103; Murray tribe believed to extend down to Cape Otway, early clashes with natives; p.122-124; Remnant of Tasmanians on Flinders Island, origin of extirpation seen in abuse of Aboriginal women by white servants; p.164; Aboriginal place names (Port Phillip); p.177-187; Notes on ritual mourning wounds (Melbourne), ochred hair, kangaroo claw hair ornament, kangaroo & possum claw necklaces, lists weapons (glass spear heads), burial customs, spirit beliefs, polygamy, initiation (boring of septum, tooth); cooking methods, sweating cure for sickness; p.258-275; Size of N.S.W. tribes hunting grounds, club, shield & spear as principal weapons, flint hafted tomahawk, fire making, cooking methods with wooden dishes, hunting methods for possum, dingoes, kangaroos, fishing with nets & spears.

Bibliography of Australia

Bibliography of Australia
Author: John Alexander Ferguson
Publisher: National Library Australia
Total Pages: 704
Release: 1975
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9780642990464