| Description |
2 volumes : illustrations, 1 chart, portraits ; 23 cm |
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regular print |
| Series |
Rex Nan Kivell Collection ; NK1513. ANL
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| Contents |
Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's expedition for the exploration of the Cape York Peninsula in tropical Australia/W. Carron (vol.2, pp.119-276) |
| Summary |
v.1, p.48-49; Natives of Moreton Is.; Porpoises used in fishing; Huts, etc.; p.81-83; Natives of Rockingham Bay; Canoes, etc.; Start of Kennedy expedition; p.118-119; Bird Islands - artefacts, canoes; p.120-127; Cape York - difficulty of obtaining vocabulary; Physical characters; Foods; p.145- 159; Port Essington - adornment, bodily ornament, bodily ornamentation, canoes, weapons, food, medicine men, death, burial, mythology, government, age-grading, marriage, music and songs, social sanctions, intertribal warfare, psychology,; missionary efforts; p.162-165; Cape York - Kennedy expedition p.167-168; Moreton Is. - camp life, fishing; p.300-325; Cape York - rescue of Barbara Thompson from Aborigines of Kaurareg tribe; Dancing; Fighting; Tree-climbing; Cooking; v.2, p.1- 32; Cape York - tribes (Gudang, Kaurareg, Muralaig); Papuan influence; Barter, warfare, revenge, cannibalism, marriage, polygamy, birth, food restrictions for women, mother-in-law avoidance, infanticide, naming, scarification, personal adornment, initiation; Canoes, weapons, huts, clothing; Foodgetting and cooking; Methods of fishing; Edible fruits and tubers; Government; Land-ownership; Mythology; Diseases and magic; Death and burial; p.33-49; Torres Straits islands Kulkalaig tribe; Canoes, huts, ceremonial screen, physical description, native names of islands; p.79-84; Theories as to origin of Aborigines; Racial characters of Torres Straits islanders; Linguistic affinities - Kaurareg and Miriam; p.119227; Statement of William Carron on Kennedy expedition; Encounters with friendly natives; Artefacts, weapons, ovens, other cooking methods; Farther north natives uniformly hostile; Princess Charlotte Bay area - huts and cooking places; Weymouth Bay - womens dress, foods, spears; p.228-236; Statement of Jackey Jackey; p.237-253; Statement of Dr. Vallack; p.277-316; Comparative vocabularies of Kowrarega and Gudang; Some 800 words Names of places; p.330-354; Remarks on the vocabularies, syntax, etc.; Similarities between Australian and Papuan dialects |
| Notes |
The account of Kennedy's expedition is by William Carron et al |
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Also available electronically at Project Gutenberg: http://gutenberg.net.au/explorers-journals.html |
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Volume 1 also available online via the State Library of NSW at: http://digital.sl.nsw.gov.au/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?embedded=true&toolbar=false&dps_pid=IE4280290 |
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Volume 2 also available online via the State Library of NSW at: http://digital.sl.nsw.gov.au/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?embedded=true&toolbar=false&dps_pid=IE4271715 |
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Jackey Jackey, -1854
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Carron, William, 1823-1876
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Thompson, Barbara, approximately 1828-1912?
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Kennedy, Edmund Besley Court, 1818-1848.
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Stanley, Owen, 1811-1850
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Kennedy, E. B. (Edmund Besley), 1818-1848
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Rattlesnake (Ship)
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Rattlesnake (Survey Ship)
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| SUBJECT |
Papua New Guinea http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81034915 -- Discovery and exploration.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002238
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Cape York Peninsula (Qld.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85019901 -- Discovery and exploration.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002238
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Torres Strait http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85136143 -- Discovery and exploration.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002238
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Papua New Guinea -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116520
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Cape York Peninsula (Qld.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85019901 -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001278
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Louisiade Archipelago (Papua New Guinea) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94002067 -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001278
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Queensland http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79004089 -- Discovery and exploration.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002238
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New Guinea http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091290 -- Discovery and exploration.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002238
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| Author |
Carron, William, 1823-1876
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