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Author Gerritsen, Rupert, 1953-

Title Nhanda villages of the Victoria district, Western Australia / Rupert Gerritsen
Published [Canberra] : Intellectual Property Publications, 2002

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 W'PONDS  994.12 Ger/Nvo  AVAILABLE
Description 31 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 30 cm
Summary Discusses historical background to area; site identification based on reports of 1839 sightings by explorer Lieutenant George Grey; settlement size; form and structure of dwellings; permanency of settlements; degree of sedentism; size and type of settlements; other sites; concludes Nhanda people of Victoria District engaged in agriculture; has reached conclusions on numbers, size, sites and possible sites of settlements; construction of dwellings; that there were different types of settlements ranging from dispersed settlement to villages; that the settlements were probably permanent and residents at least multi-seasonally sedentary; that there were other habitation and settlement sites in the region
Notes Spiral bound
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 27-31
Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Antiquities.
Nhanda (Australian people)
Human settlements -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Victoria District
Historic sites -- Australia -- Western Australia.
Nhanda people -- Western Australia -- History
ISBN 0958104506