Gatherings of a naturalist in Australasia : being observations principally on the animal and vegetable productions of New South Wales, New Zealand, and some of the Austral Islands / by George Bennett
- Bib ID:
- 1449167
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Bennett, George, 1804-1893
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- Description:
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- London : John Van Voorst, 1860
- xii, 456 pages, 8 leaves of plates : illustrations (some colour), 1 chart ; 23 cm.
- Series:
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- Rex Nan Kivell Collection ; NK3110.
- Rex Nan Kivell Collection ; NK3750.
- Summary:
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p.96-97; Method of catching platypus - words given for animal in Bathurst, Yass, Warwick, Tumut; p.109-115; Method of capture given by Yass R. native, Daraga, digging stick used; p.147-148; Name given to echidna by Darling Downs, Goulburn natives, method of cooking; p.155; Method of cooking opossum; p.217; Name given for emu by Tumut natives, use as food; p.288- 291; Types of larvae eaten, method of boomerang throwing, used in hunting, manufacture.
- Notes:
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- The drawings with a few exceptions are by George French Angas.
- Ferguson copy signed by author.
- Rex Nan Kivell Collection NK3110, NK3750.
- Cited In:
- Ferguson, J.A. Bibliography of Australia, 6929
- Subject:
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- Natural history -- Australia
- Natural history -- Oceania
- Ngunawal / Ngunnawal people (D3) (NSW SI55-16)
- Weapons - Boomerangs - Making
- Animals - Mammals - Echidnas
- Walgalu / Walgal people (S47) (NSW SI55-16)
- Food - Preparation - Cooking
- Weapons - Boomerangs - Throwing
- Animals - Mammals - Platypus
- Walgal / Walgalu language (S47) (NSW SI55-16)
- Language - Vocabulary - Animal names
- Hunting
- Technology - Wood - Digging sticks
- Ngunawal / Ngunnawal language (D3) (NSW SI55-16)
- Animals - Birds - Emus
- Food - Meat - Possum
- Bathurst (SW NSW SI55-08)
- Tumut (SW NSW SI55-15)
- South East Queensland (SE Qld SG56, SH56)
- Yass (S NSW SI55-12)
- Other authors/contributors:
- Angas, George French, 1822-1886
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1893
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1860
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