Title A 'distant field of murder' : Western District frontiers, 1834-1848 / Jan Critchett

Published Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 1990

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Description xiv, 303 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm Contents Includes index Summary Impact of Europeans on Aborigines of Victorias Western District in the 1840s; treatment of Aborigines by Europeans; violent conflict; killing of Aborigines; Aboriginal women; relationship to land; population; Charles Joseph La Trobe; George Augustus Robinson, Protector of Aborigines; health conditions Analysis Aboriginal Australians History 19th century Australia Western District (Vic.) Aboriginal Australians Social conditions Australia Western District (Vic.) Frontier and pioneer life History 19th century Australia Western District (Vic.) Western District (Vic.) History 19th century Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages 276-288 Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Treatment -- Australia -- Victoria -- History. Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Victoria -- Western Districts -- History -- 19th century Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Western District (Vic.) -- History -- 19th century. Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Western District (Vic.) -- Social conditions. Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Western Districts (Vic.) -- Social conditions Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Victoria -- History. Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Victoria -- Western District -- History -- 19th century Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Victoria -- Western District -- History Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Victoria -- Western District -- Social conditions Aboriginal Australians -- Treatment -- Australia -- Western District (Vic.) -- History. Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Victoria. Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of -- Australia -- Victoria -- History. Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of -- Australia -- Western District (Vic.) -- History. Frontier and pioneer life -- Australia -- Western District (Vic.) -- 19th century. Frontier and pioneer life -- Australia -- Victoria -- Western District -- 19th century SUBJECT Western District (Vic.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91102452 -- History -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006167 Western District (Vic.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91102452 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 LC no. 91178969 ISBN 0522843891

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