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    The Aboriginal story of Burke and Wills : forgotten narratives / edited by Ian D. Clark and Fred Cahir.

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    G 2014/5879 , H 2013/2497

    Record identifier

    74VK2DD0wPMg

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    The Aboriginal story of Burke and Wills : forgotten narratives / edited by Ian D. Clark and Fred Cahir.

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    The Aboriginal story of Burke and Wills : forgotten narratives / edited by Ian D. Clark and Fred Cahir.

    Full title

    The Aboriginal story of Burke and Wills : forgotten narratives / edited by Ian D. Clark and Fred Cahir.

    Publisher

    Collingwood, VIC : CSIRO Publishing, [2013]

    Collingwood, Vic. CSIRO Publishing, 2013.

    Date

    [2013]

    Call Numbers

    G 2014/5879 , H 2013/2497

    Record Identifier

    74VK2DD0wPMg

    Language

    English

    Formats

    Books

    — Physical Description

    Contents

    xix, 314 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps (some colour), photographs (some colour), facsimiles, music, portraits ; 25 cm. Chapter 1 The Aboriginal legacy of the Burke and Wills Expedition: an introduction / Fred Cahir -- Chapter 2 The members of the Victorian Exploring Expedition and their...

    Content type

    still image

    text

    Media type

    unmediated

    Carrier type

    volume

    Publication information

    Publisher

    Collingwood, VIC : CSIRO Publishing, [2013]

    Collingwood, Vic. CSIRO Publishing, 2013.

    Subjects

    Subjects and topics

    Burke, Robert O'Hara,--1821-1861 Wills, William John,--1834-1861 Burke and Wills Expedition--(1860-1861) Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of--Victoria--History Aboriginal Australians Explorers--Australia--History--19th century Explorers--Australia Explorers--Victoria First contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners--Victoria--History Australia--Discovery and exploration--British Australia--Discovery and exploration--1851-1891 Australia--Discovery and exploration--1851-1900 Australia--Discovery and exploration--19th century Australia--Discovery and exploration Victoria--Discovery and exploration

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    — SCOPE AND CONTENTS

    Summary

    This book is the first major study of Aboriginal associations with the Burke and Wills expedition of 1860-61. It offers a reinterpretation of the literature surrounding Burke and Wills, using official correspondence, expedition journals and diaries, visual art, and archaeological and linguistic research, and then complements this with references to...

    — ALTERNATIVE TITLES

    Full title

    The Aboriginal story of Burke and Wills : forgotten narratives / edited by Ian D. Clark and Fred Cahir.

    — AUTHORS, ARTISTS AND CONTRIBUTORS

    Author / Artists

    — NOTES

    General note

    Maps on endpapers.

    Includes bibliographical references and index: pages 305-314.

    Mitchell Library copy at H 2013/2497. Submission for Premier's History Award 2014.

    Audience note

    Postgraduate, General.

    Date Published

    [2013]

    2013.

    — CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION

    Date Copyright

    ©2013.

    Identifiers

    — PRIMARY IDENTIFIERS

    Call Numbers

    G 2014/5879 , H 2013/2497

    Record Identifier

    74VK2DD0wPMg

    Permalink

    https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK2DD0wPMg

    — OTHER IDENTIFIERS

    ISBN

    9780643108080 (hardback)

    DDC

    994.03

    MMS ID

    991017909819702626

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