The native races of the Indian Archipelago : Papuans / by George Windsor Earl
- Bib ID:
- 3423721
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Earl, George Windsor, -1865
- Description:
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- London : Hippolyte Bailliere, 1853
- xiv, 239 pages, [5] leaves of plates : illustrations colour, map (folded) ; 23 cm.
- Summary:
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An important work of early New Guinea anthropology, including a whole chapter devoted to the Aborigines of Melville Island, Port Essington (Cobourg Peninsula) and North Australia in general. There are numerous discussions of Australian Aborigines throughout the text, and one of the folding plates gives anthropometric comparisons between North Australian Aborigines and New Guineans. Earl lived at Port Essington for more than ten years, as the settlement grew from a meagre outpost in 1838 up until its abandonment in 1849 and became a widely published expert on the region. The fine full-page lithographs, produced in London, were based on drawings done on the spot by the Dutch artists Van Oort and Van Raalten.
- Notes:
- "with five coloured plates and two maps".
- Cited In:
- Ferguson, J.A. Bibliography of Australia, 9339.
- Subject:
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- Papuans -- Social life and customs
- Papuans
- Papuans -- Religion and Mythology
- Indigenous peoples - Pacific - Papuans
- Language - Vocabulary
- Iwaidja / Yiwayja / Yiwadya language (N39) (NT SC53-13)
- Marrgu / Margu language (N45) (NT SC53-13)
- Wurangu language (N37) (NT SC52-16)
- Papua New Guinea -- Description and travel
- Port Essington (West Arnhem Land NT SC53-13)
- Papua New Guinea (PNG)
- 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):
- 1865
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1853
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