Title A different drummer : the story of E.J. Banfield, the beachcomber of Dunk Island / by Michael Noonan

Published St. Lucia, Qld : University of Queensland Press, [1983] ©1983

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Description xii, 263 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 27 cm Series Australasian literature: Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands (text) Summary Pages 85-87 refers to Tom, (portrait p. 164) one of four remaining descendants of four hundred who had lived on Dunk Island before clashes with Europeans; his Indigenous knowledge; pp. 161-169 refer to hunting, gathering and fishing; death; rock /cave art; corroborees and Government settlements Analysis English literature. Australian writers, 1890-1945: Banfield, E. J. , 1852-1923. Biographies Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages [246] - 253 Notes In English Subject Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James), 1852-1923. Authors, Australian -- Biography. Authors. History. SUBJECT Dunk Island (Qld.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85039983 -- Biography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001237 Dunk Island (Qld.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85039983 -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001278 Dunk Island (Qld.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85039983 Genre/Form Biographies. Author Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James), 1852-1923. LC no. 83016765 ISBN 0702217646 0702220272 (paperback)

OTHER TI Australasian Literature (Alexander Street Press)

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