The Genesis of Queensland

The Genesis of Queensland
Author: Henry Stuart Russell
Publisher: Sydney : Turner & Henderson
Total Pages: 652
Release: 1888
Genre: Darling Downs (Qld.)
ISBN:

Contacts with natives noted; p.22; Moreton Bay natives used to locate runaways; p.24; Nasal septum pierced, two joints of little finger left hand removed; manufacture of nets and baskets; fishing; shelters; duels described; p.31; Bathurst Island; tattoos, painted, scarification, physical appearance; clothing; weapons; p.34; Grave in detail; p.253; Sunstroke cure; p.295; Cannibalism; p.313; Gathering of tribes for Bunnia [bunya] season; p.339; Childrens games with bows and arrows.

The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang

The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang
Author: John Ayto
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2005-01-01
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9780198610526

A dictionary of modern slang draws on the resources of the "Oxford English Dictionary" to cover over five thousand slang words and phrases from throughout the English-speaking world.