Author : A. Russell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Book Synopsis A Tour Through the Australian Colonies in 1839 by : A. Russell
Download or read book A Tour Through the Australian Colonies in 1839 written by A. Russell and published by . This book was released on 1840 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.