Raw possum and salted pork : Major Mitchell and the Kamilaroi Aborigines / M. J. O'Rourke
- Bib ID:
- 757380
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- O'Rourke, M. J. (Michael J.), 1951-
- Description:
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- Kambah, ACT : Plowpress, 1995
- 116, [25] p.: ill., ports., maps ; 26 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0646259555
- Summary:
-
An examination of Major Mitchells northern journeys in 1831-32 and 1845-6 with the emphasis on contact with Kamilaroi and Yuwaaliyaay/Yuwaalaraay people; includes supplementary evidence from other primary sources; maps constructed from Mitchells diaries and detailed historical investigation of place names and their origins with reference to recent linguistic work; the final essay deals with contact history and the impact of colonial settlement; includes an appendix of population estimates in the Upper Hunter Valley and north central New South Wales 1826-1910.
- Notes:
- Contains an index and references.
- Subject:
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- Mitchell, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1855 -- Journeys -- New South Wales
- Kamilaroi (Australian people)
- Aboriginal Australians -- New South Wales -- History
- Gamilaraay / Gamilaroi / Kamilaroi language (D23) (NSW SH55-12)
- Gamilaraay / Gamilaroi / Kamilaroi people (D23) (NSW SH55-12)
- Demography - Census data
- Wailwan / Weilwan people (D20) (NSW SH55-11)
- Yuwaalaraay / Euahlayi / Yuwaaliyaay people (D27) (NSW SH55-07)
- Yuwaalaraay / Euahlayi / Yuwaaliyaay language (D27) (NSW SH55-07)
- Language - Vocabulary - Place names
- Settlement and contacts - Colonisation - 1788-1850
- Settlement and contacts
- Wailwan / Weilwan language (D20) (NSW SH55-11)
- Hunter River (NSW N Coast SI56-01, SH56-13)
- Northern New South Wales (N NSW SH55, SH56)
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1995
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