The discoverers of the Brisbane River / by Thos. Welsby
- Bib ID:
- 126044
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Welsby, Thomas, 1858-1941
- Description:
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- Brisbane : Diddams, 1913
- 220 p. : ill., chart ; 19 cm.
- Summary:
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Parsons, Pamphlet & Finnegan (shipwrecked adventures); p.12-26; Behaviour of Aborigines towards the three men; p.18; Description of making Aboriginal bread from fern root; p.2-3, 33; Tribes mentioned in Brisbane area - Nooghies, Amith and Myora; Noonuckles from Stradbroke Island; warfare between tribes from Nerang Creek, Tweed & Richmond Rivers; Bribie tribes physically well built, cannibalism practised; p.70-76; Meeting of Aborigines by Captain Bringle of the cutter Sally in 1822; p.96-97; Flinders meeting with Bribie natives, language information; fishing techniques, use of spears without throwing sticks, bark canoes.
- Notes:
- Copy signed by the author.
- Subject:
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- Language
- Weapons - Spears
- Guwar language (E26) (Qld SG56-15)
- Transport - Water - Shipwrecks and accidents
- Weapons - Throwing sticks
- Nunukul / Noonuccal people (E21) (Qld SG56-15)
- Feuds and warfare
- Settlement and contacts - Explorers
- Transport - Water - Canoes
- Nunukul / Noonuccal language (E21) (Qld SG56-15)
- Ceremonies - Initiation
- Gathering
- Cannibalism
- Nerang Creek language (E17) (Qld SH56-03)
- Fishing
- Queensland -- Discovery and exploration
- Brisbane River (Qld.) -- Discovery and exploration
- Nerang (SE Qld SG56-15)
- Myora / Moongalba (Minjerriba / North Stradbroke Island SE Qld SG56-15)
- Tweed River (NSW N Coast SH56-03)
- Richmond River (NSW N Coast SH56-03, SH56-02)
- Bribie Island (SE Qld SG56-15, SG56-10)
- Brisbane (SE Qld SG56-15)
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1941
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1913
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