| Description |
x,176 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portrait ; 29 cm |
| Series |
Canberra companions |
| Contents |
Foreword / L.F. Fitzhardinge -- We come to Canberra -- Duntroon identities -- Village institutions -- Emu Bank -- First years at Springvale -- A saga of pioneers and old identities -- More about the old pioneers -- Chronicles of Springvale, 1870-1895 -- Premonitions and tragedies -- Teamsters and farmers -- Bushrangers, aborigines, and pests -- Chronicles of Springvale, 1896-1912 -- Postscript -- Index to persons -- General index |
| Summary |
Chap. 11, 148-151.; Account of Aborigines in Canberra area, 1856 to 1900; Local Aborigines said to number about 70 in 1856; Mentions visit of 3-400 South Coast Aborigines in 1862 of 1863; Measles epidemic c. 1862; Depredations, etc |
| Analysis |
Canberra (A.C.T.) - History |
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Frontier and pioneer life - Australia - Canberra (A.C.T.) |
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Pioneers - Australia - Canberra (A.C.T.) - Biography |
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Schumack, Samuel, 1850-1940 |
| Notes |
'All the paintings are reproduced from the original Gray Smith series, Canberry paintings - the first hundred years' - P. <vii> |
| Bibliography |
Includes indexes |
| Event |
[l967] |
| Notes |
Samuel Shumack born in County Cork, Ireland, arrived in Australia with his family in 1856 at the age of 6. His father, Richard Shumack, was employed by Robert Campbell, Duntroon, then at Gininderra, where Samuel also began work as a shepherd. When 16, Samuel Shumack settled on "Springvale", Weetangera, where he lived until his death in 1940 |
| Subject |
Shumack, Samuel, 1850-1940.
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Autobiography.
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Frontier and pioneer life -- Australia -- Canberra (A.C.T.)
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Frontier and pioneer life -- Australia -- Australian Capital Territory -- Canberra region
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Frontier and pioneer life -- Australia -- Australian Capital Territory.
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Pioneers -- Australia -- Biography.
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Pioneers -- Australia -- A.C.T
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Pioneers -- Australia -- Canberra (A.C.T.) -- Biography.
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Pioneers -- Australia -- Canberra (A.C.T.) -- History.
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Pioneers -- Australia -- New South Wales.
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Pioneers -- Australia -- Australian Capital Territory -- Canberra region -- History
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Pioneers -- Australia -- Australian Capital Territory -- Canberra region
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Pioneers -- Australia -- Australian Capital Territory -- History.
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Pioneers -- Australia -- Australian Capital Territory.
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| SUBJECT |
Australian Capital Territory http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80144834 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
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Canberra (A.C.T.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021725 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
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New South Wales -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90001495 -- Sources. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012010
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New South Wales -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90001495 -- 1851-1891
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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| Author |
Shumack, John Everest
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| LC no. |
67088619 |
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