Queensland, Australia

Queensland, Australia
Author: John Dunmore Lang
Publisher:
Total Pages: 502
Release: 1861
Genre: Aboriginal Australians
ISBN:

Revised edition of Cooksland in north-eastern Australia..., 1847; Chap.12; on the Aborigines; General account of theory of origin; Quotes Leichhardt, Mitchell on physical appearance, basketry, weapons, canoes, types of food, beecatching, fishing; Tribal territories, government; Property ownership, marriage, medicine and treatment of illness, initiation, shelters, cooking, beliefs, cannibalism, disposal of the dead; Corroborees; Language; Includes 2 papers by W. Ridley and one by G.D. Lang; Summary of missionary work; Appendix H gives approximately 100 words of Moreton Bay dialect, 40 words of Frazer Is. dialect; Appendix I is Journal of Missionary tour by W. Ridley.

Bibliography of Australia

Bibliography of Australia
Author: John Alexander Ferguson
Publisher: National Library Australia
Total Pages: 1204
Release: 1977
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9780642990495