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Author Davis, John, active 1861-1862

Title Tracks of McKinlay and party across Australia / by John Davis ; edited by William Westgarth
Published Adelaide : Friends of the State Library of South Australia, 1996

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 ADPML SPC  919.4 Mckinl Dav/Tom  LIB USE ONLY
Description xvi, 408 pages, 15 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 23 cm + 1 folded map
regular print
Series Australiana facsimile editions, 1325-9806 ; no. 211
Australiana facsimile editions ; no. 211
Contents The Aboriginal natives
Summary p. 52-57 generalised account of Aborigines - population decline, customs - initiation, character - reaction to exchange goods and strangers; cannibalism; various encounters throughout text; [p.390] includes discussion of Morrill's account of 17 years with the Aborigines of the Townsville region, Qld
Notes Facsim. reprint of : London : Sampson, Low, Son, 1863
Includes index
Subject McKinlay, John, 1819-1872.
SUBJECT Burke Relief Expedition (1861-1862) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2004031952
Burke Relief Expedition
Australia -- Discovery and exploration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114308
Author Westgarth, William, 1815-1889.
State Library of South Australia. Friends.
LC no. 2004463826
ISBN 1876154063
1876154071 (deluxe edition)