Includes bibliographical references: pages 238-240
Acknowledgements -- General notes -- Language -- Organisation -- Major sources and reading -- Units of measurement -- Map -- Ceremony -- Clothing an adornment -- Conflict and fighting -- Cooking -- Country and environment -- Communication -- Death and burial -- Fire -- Fishing -- Food and drink -- Health -- Hunting -- Huts and 'villages' -- Marriage and bethrothal -- Recreation -- Sites -- Social organisation and relationships -- Tools and technology -- Trade and exchange -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary
During the nineteenth century many European settlers, government officials and missionaries documented their obervations of the Indigenous people's of Victoria they were displacing. This selection of over 700 extracts from a wide variety of these sources provide glimpses into a rich and complex world. This reader is a convenient entry point into this disparate literature and will be of use to anyone with an interest in Victorian ethnography and history and of particular value to teachers, students and Aboriginal communities
