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Cooksland in North-eastern Australia, the Future Cotton-field of Great Britain
John Dunmore Lang
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Its Characteristics and Capabilities for European Colonization : with a Disquisition on the Origin, Manners, and Customs of the Aborigines
出版Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1847
主題History / Australia & New Zealand
ISBN04610010989780461001099
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=OW5ZAAAAcAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋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.