Australia, from Port Macquarie to Moreton Bay;
with descriptions of the natives, their manners and customs, the geology, natural productions, fertility, and resources of that region; first explored and surveyed by order of the colonial government.
By Clement Hodgkinson.

Description

Main Author

Hodgkinson, Clement.

Related Names

Norman, George, printer.
Thomas and William Boone

Language(s)

English

Published

London, T. and W. Boone, 1845.

Subjects

Anthropology, Cultural
Geology
Natural History
Aboriginal Australians > Aboriginal Australians / Australia > Aboriginal Australians / Australia / New South Wales > Aboriginal Australians / Australia / New South Wales / Social life and customs > Aboriginal Australians / Australia / New South Wales / Social life and customs / 19th century.
New South Wales > New South Wales / Description and travel.
Exploration literature.

Summary

Many references to contact with natives throughout; p.221-243; MacLeay River - 6 tribes; Yarra-Hapinni, Clybucca, Calliteeni, Yarra-Bandini, Munga, Wabro & Conderang; Foods of natives, treatment of women, initiation ceremony, body regalia - (Cawarra ground); Corroboree of Yarra-Hapinni tribe; Intertribal fights, method of fighting.

Physical Description

xi, 243, [1] p. front., 6 pl., map. 22 cm.

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