| Description |
xlvi, 200 pages : illustrations, map, portrait ; 20 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction by Tim Flannery -- Preface to the original edition by John Morgan -- The life and adventures of William Buckley -- George Langhorne's reminiscence og Buckley |
| Summary |
Account of escaped convict William Buckley's thirty two years living in the Victorian bush; adoption by, and life among, Aboriginal tribe; descriptions of Aboriginal people, and their lives, customs, ceremonies, beliefs, culture, hunting, fishing and food gathering; technology, and inter-tribal relationships; desciptions of unexplored country |
| Analysis |
William Buckley |
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Prisoners |
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Victoria |
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History, 1801-1900 |
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Biography |
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Aborigines |
| Notes |
First published as The Life and Adventures of William Buckley, Archibald MacDougall, Hobart |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: page xlv-xlvi |
| Restricted |
Mediated access: access to First Nations materials may be restricted while an audit, reparative description and reclassification of these materials is in progress |
| Subject |
Buckley, William, 1780-1856.
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Explorers.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Victoria -- History
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Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs.
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Explorers -- Australia -- Biography.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Victoria -- Social life and customs.
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Exiles -- Australia -- Victoria -- Biography.
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Explorers -- Australia -- Victoria -- Biography.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Victoria -- History.
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Explorers -- Biography.
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| SUBJECT |
Queensland http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79004089 -- Discovery and exploration.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002238
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Victoria http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79046608 -- Discovery and exploration.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002238
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| Genre/Form |
Biography.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Author |
Flannery, Tim F. (Tim Fridtjof), 1956-
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| LC no. |
2003427392 |
| ISBN |
9781877008207 paperback |
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1877008206 : |
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