The Wentworths : father and son / John Ritchie
- Bib ID:
- 1608017
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Ritchie, John, 1941-2006
- Description:
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- Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 1997
- xiv, 311 p. : 1 geneal. table, ports. ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 052284751X
- 0522848788 (paperback)
- Series:
- Miegunyah Press series. Series 2 ; no. 15.
- Summary:
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page 117 Friendship of botanist George Caley with Aboriginal people p. 126 Governor Macquarie's address to colonists in 1810 stating that "no European would molest the Aborigines" page 142 D'Arcy Wentworth served on a committee "which aimed to educate and civilize the Aborigines"; pages 160-161: William Charles Wentworth's visit to King George Sound aboard the ship Emu; invitation of Aboriginal people on board ships; William Charles' observations about Aboriginal people's lack of understanding of society and its obligations and lack of conscience.
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- Bibliography.
- Subject:
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- Wentworth, D'Arcy, 1764-1827
- Wentworth, W. C. (William Charles), 1790-1872
- Physicians -- New South Wales -- Biography
- Explorers -- Australia -- Biography
- Settlement and contacts - Colonisation - 1788-1850
- History - Biographies - Non-Indigenous
- New South Wales -- History -- 1788-1900 -- Biography
- New South Wales -- Politics and government -- 1788-1900
- New South Wales -- Social life and customs -- 1788-1900
- Copyright:
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- Published status:
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- Publication date:
- 1997
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