Souvenirs d'un squatter francais en Australie (colonie de Victoria) / par H. De Castella
- Bib ID:
- 2454676
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- De Castella, Hubert
- Uniform Title:
- Squatters australiens
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Description:
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- [Paris : Hachette, 1861?]
- p. 81-128 : ill., 1 map ; 31 cm.
- Series:
- Rex Nan Kivell Collection ; NK10362.
- Summary:
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Text is an extract from de Castella's forthcoming book, Les squatters Australiens (Paris : Hachette et Cie, 1861), but this article is copiously illustrated, whereas the book is unillustrated. Includes accounts of the Victorian goldfields, life at Dalry and Yering Station (east of Melbourne) including discussion of the local Aborigines, and a trip through western New South Wales visiting the grazing lands along the Namoi, Lachlan and Darling Rivers; includes engravings of drawings of Victorian Aboriginal people by Riou from photographs : scenes depict bark shelters, skin cloaks, corroborees; a camp; hunting scene on Murray River.
- Notes:
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- Caption title.
- Extract from the author's Les squatters australiens.
- In Le tour du monde: nouveau journal des voyages. Vol. 3.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-366612992
- Rex Nan Kivell Collection NK10362.
- Subject:
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- Squatters -- Victoria -- Personal narratives
- Costume and clothing
- Fishing
- Animals - Fish - Eels
- Costume and clothing - Cloaks and coats - Possum
- Housing - Shelters - Bark
- Economic sectors - Agriculture and horticulture - Pastoral industry
- Social organisation
- Hunting
- Animals - Livestock - Stealing and killing
- Victoria -- Description and travel -- 1851-1900
- Yering (Vic.) -- History
- Yarra River (Melbourne Vic SJ55-05, E Vic SJ55-06)
- Victoria (Vic)
- River Murray (SW NSW, N Vic, SE SA SI54, SI55)
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Created/Published Date is Before 1955
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1861
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1861
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