Aborigines of Victoria: Volume 1

Klappentext Source material describing the life and customs of indigenous Australians, compiled and published in 1878. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction; 1. Physical characteristics; 2. Mental character; 3. Number and distribution of the aborigines; 4. Birth and education of children; 5. Marriage; 6. Death, and burial of the dead; 7. A native encampment; 8. Food; 9. Diseases; 10. Dress and personal ornaments; 11. Ornamentation; 12. Offensive weapons; 13. Defensive weapons; 14. Weapons and implements of the West Australians; 15. Implements and manufactures; 16. Stone implements; 17. Nets and fish-hooks; 18. Methods of producing fire; 19. Canoes; 20. Myths.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Brough Smyth
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.01.2010
• EAN: 9781108006569
• ISBN: 978-1-108-00656-9
• Dimensions: 172 mm x 246 mm x 30 mm
• Series: Print On Demand; Cambridge Library Collection -; Print on Demand; Cambridge Library Collection - Linguistics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book; Australia, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global), Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous peoples / Indigeneity, Relating to First Nations peoples in Australia