A documentary history of the Illawarra & South Coast Aborigines 1770-1850 : including a chronological bibliography 1770-1990 / compiled by Michael Organ
Published
Wollongong, N.S.W. : Aboriginal Education Unit, Wollongong University, 1990
cviii, 520 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits, ; 30 cm
Contents
Includes index
Summary
Compilation of primary sources in chronological order; includes notes on ritual, territorial groupings and myths; extracts from explorers journals; accounts of contact history and violent conflict; settlement of Illawarra region; Macquaries punitive expedition; trial of Seth Hawker; extracts from Dumont DUrvilles journal; battle of Fairy Meadow; Murramarang Massacre; blanket distribution lists includes listings of individual recipients; census data includes Maneroo and South Coast 1843-1848 and Berrima Cencus 1851; reminiscences of Alexander Berry; Milton and Ulladulla Benevolent Society; Aborigines Protection Board Reports; Roseby Park Reserve; Bomaderry Aboriginal Childrens Home; artists representations of Aborigines; various references to death and disease; economic activity including fishing; Bunan and initiation ceremonies; Aboriginal reminiscences; various vocabularies; archaeological reports bibliography; Appendices include; Index to Blanket Lists (1833-42) sorted by English and Aboriginal names
Analysis
Aboriginal Australians Australia Illawarra (N.S.W.)
Aboriginal Australians History Sources Australia New South Wales
Australia Race relations History Sources
Notes
Includes tables and index; This book was produced with the support of the Illawarra Historical Society; Index compiled by Vivienne Caldwell