Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia
Author | : Harriet W. Daly |
Publisher | : London, S.Low : Marston, Searle & Rivington |
Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 1887 |
ISBN-10 | : UCAL:$B58595 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Chap.4; Natives on Mainland off Whitsunday Passage cannibalism prevalent; Chap.5; Contact with natives at Escape Cliffs (Woolna) & Darwin (Larrakiah); Chap.7; Nilunga, King of Larrakiahs, womens camp life; intertribal conflict with Woolna tribe; types of weapons, corroborees; Chap.17; Attack by Woolna natives; Chap.20; Murders at Barrow Creek, Daly Waters & Port Essington; Chap.21; Murder of Mr Travers by natives at Limmen Bight River; Chap.22; Daly River murders (Woggite tribe); Chap.23; Jesuit mission at Rapid Creek (about 7 miles from Palmerston); Chap.24; Daly River Mission; relations between Malays & Aborigines (Wessel Island); Chap.26; Cave paintings in Limmin River area; Chap.27; Need for definite native policy.