A cloud of hapless foreboding : Assistant Protector William Thomas and the Port Phillip aborigines 1839-1840 / edited and with commentary by Richard Cotter
- Bib ID:
- 3620634
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Thomas, William, 1791-1867
- Online Version:
- Table of contents only
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- Description:
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- Sorrento, Vic. : Nepean Historical Society, 2005
- iii, 85 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0975712756
- Summary:
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This book is a selection of Thomas's writings of 1839 and 1840. He was an observer of Aboriginal societies- particularly the Woi Wurrung, the Boon Warrung and the Daung wurrung people as they confronted changes that were not of their making.
- Full contents:
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- Machine derived contents note: Preface i
- 1 Thomas and the Port Phillip Aboriginal Protectorate 1
- 2 First Impressions 8
- 3 'Into the Field' 13
- 4 Thomas at Arthur's Seat 25
- 5 Back to the Settlement 32
- 6 To Arthur's Seat and Back 40
- 7 Thomas returns to Arthur's Seat 45
- 8 'What an awful picture' 49
- 9 'A Summary of my Labours' 60
- 10 Further Observations 70
- Appendices: Recollections of G.G. McCrae 79
- and Robert Jamieson.
- Notes:
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- "September 2005"
- NL copy signed by author.
- Subject:
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- Thomas, William, 1791-1867 -- Diaries
- Aboriginal Australians -- Victoria -- Port Phillip Region -- History
- Substance use - Alcohol
- Woiwurrung / Wurundjeri / Woiwurung people (S36) (Vic SJ55-05)
- Death - Mortuary customs
- Ceremonies
- Settlement and contacts - Colonisation - 1788-1850
- Boonwurrung / Boonerwrung / Bunurong people (S35) (Vic SJ55-09)
- Port Phillip Bay Region (Vic.) -- History
- Mornington Peninsula (Vic SJ55-09)
- Other authors/contributors:
- Also Titled:
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- Assistant protector William Thomas and the Port Phillip Aborigines 1839-1840.
- William Thomas and the Port Phillip Aborigines 1839-1840.
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- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2005
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