Title The boy travellers in Australasia : adventures of two youths in a journey to the Sandwich, Marquesas, Society, Samoan, and Feejee Islands, and through the colonies of New Zealand, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia / by Thomas W. Knox

Published New York : Harper & Brothers, 1889 New York Harper & Brothers, 1889

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Description xvi, 538 pages, <1> leaf of color plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm Summary Originally written as a contribution to the Australian Centennial in 1888 based on the author's knowledge of the areas and subsequent historical and scientific research. Includes encounters with and observations about Australian Aboriginal people ; diet ; corroboree ; marriage & courtship customs ; initiation rituals Notes Maps on lining papers Audience For children SUBJECT Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Pictorial works. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001272 Islands of the Pacific http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85068616 -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001278 Oceania. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85093910 Oceania -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85093911 New Zealand -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091493 Australasia -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009116279 Australia -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009579 LC no. 04017326

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