The farthest coast; a selection of writings relating to the history of the northern coast of Australia. Edited and with an introduction by C. C. Macknight
- Bib ID:
- 1136105
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Macknight, C. C. (Charles Campbell)
- Description:
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- [Carlton, Vic.] Melbourne University Press [1969]
- xiv, 218 p. : ill., maps. ; 23 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0522839169
- Summary:
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Chap.1; Earliest Europeans; p.39; 1606, Duyfken; p.41-43; Ship Rijder 1756, findings off Cape York, bark canoes, cabins, fishing lines, spears; dingo, armed natives & women Weipa area, native well, attempt to kidnap 2 natives; chap.2; H.M.S. Investigator 1802; Macassan stone fireplaces, trepang fishing Sir Edward Pellews group; p.65-66; Macassan fleet Gulf of Carpentaria; p.69-70; Bongaree; chap.3; H.M.C. Mermaid 1817 p.78-81; Accompanied by Bongaree; native fireplaces Long Is., family group, some hostility; chap.4; Visit of Astrolabe & Zelee, 1839; p.94-96; Present of weapons Croker Is.; p.100- 101; Port Essington visited; chap.5; H.M.S. Beagle; chap.6; Voyage of Forlorn Hope; p.127-128; Domesticated dingo, native weirs near Capes Dombey & Hay, attempted settlement Espace Cliffs p.133; Visit by Malays; p.137-138; Natives Nicol Bay, rock drawings; chap.7; McKinlays expedition from Espace Cliffs; p.143; Natives friendly, arrival of Malay proas; chap.8; S.S. Ellengowan; p.169-174; Roper R. natives, burning off mans deformity; chap.9; Macassan trepang fleet, account by Daeng Sarro, route taken; chap.10; Missionary trip in Evangel, account by H.E. Warren, native camp Rose R., description of idols; chap.11; A stormy crossing, brief account by W.L. Warner of Mahkarolla & Murngin tribe; canoe trip round Point Napier, native superstitions; Quotes many authorities; Bibliography.
- Notes:
- Bibliography: p. 209-211.
- Subject:
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- Habitation - Camps - Hearths, ovens, fireplaces etc
- Animals - Invertebrates - Crustacea and molluscs - Beche-de-mer / Trepang
- Settlement and contacts - Explorers
- Family
- Weapons - Spears
- Art - Rock art
- Transport - Water - Sail boats
- Fishing - Fish weirs
- Animals - Mammals - Dingoes / Dogs
- Transport - Water - Canoes
- Sites - Macassan sites
- Australia -- Discovery and exploration -- Sources
- Australia -- History -- Sources
- Nickol Bay (WA West Pilbara SF50-02)
- Embley / Hey River (Qld NW Cape York SD54-03)
- Queensland Gulf country (Qld SE54)
- Torres Strait Islands (Qld TSI SC54, SC55-05)
- Croker Island (West Arnhem Land NT SC53-13)
- Weipa / Napranum (Qld NW Cape York SD54-03)
- Gulf of Carpentaria (SD53, SD54, SE54)
- Numbulwar / Rose River (East Arnhem Land SD53-11)
- Sir Edward Pellew Islands (NT Gulf Islands SD53-16)
- Port Essington (West Arnhem Land NT SC53-13)
- Roper River (NT Top End SD53-09, SD53-10, SD53-11)
- Escape Cliffs / Palmerston (NT Top End SD52-04)
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 1969
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