Lament for the Barkindji : the vanished tribes of the Darling River region / [by] Bobbie Hardy
- Bib ID:
- 2259352
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Hardy, Bobbie
- Description:
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- Adelaide : Rigby, 1976
- 246 p., 20 p. of plates : ill., map on endpapers ; 22 cm.
- ISBN:
- 072700008X
- Summary:
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General account of traditional life; territory, trade, economy, material culture, social organization and ritual; initial contacts with first white explorers; early colonization and violent conflict with Aborigines 1830-1840s; role of Native Police 1850s; Yelta Mission; work of missionaries; employment on stations; alcohol among tribes; protection policies of Government 1900+; integration into white society.
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- Bibliography: p. 232-238.
- Subject:
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- Aboriginal Australians: Barkindji. Social conditions. New South Wales. Darling river region
- Paakantyi (Australian people)
- Aboriginal Australians -- New South Wales -- Darling River Region
- Occupations - Pastoral industry workers
- Technology
- Government policy - State and territory - New South Wales
- Substance use - Social and economic aspects
- Government policy - Initial period and protectionism - 1901-1925
- Substance use - Alcohol
- Paakantyi / Paakantji / Barkindji people (D12) (NSW SI54-03)
- Law enforcement - Police - Native police
- Religions - Christianity - Missions
- Barindji people (D12) (NSW SI54-04)
- Settlement and contacts - Explorers
- Social organisation
- Yelta (NW Vic SI54-11)
- Darling River (NSW SH55, SI54)
- Southwest New South Wales (SW NSW SI54, SI55)
- Copyright:
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- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1976
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