George William Francis, first director of the Adelaide Botanic Garden : a biography / by Barbara J. Best
- Bib ID:
- 909040
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Best, Barbara J. (Barbara Joyce)
- Description:
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- Adelaide : B.J. Best in conjunction with the Botanic Gardens of Adelaide, 1986
- xiii, 182 p. : ill., maps, plans, ports. ; 22 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0859040275
- Summary:
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Describes Aboriginal people living in huts on the banks of the River Torrens in the 1850's, and various methods of finding water from the roots of plants in inland areas and collecting dew from trees near the coast p. 21; mentions a school for Aboriginal children in North Terrace, and an Act being passed in 1849 for admission of native evidence in criminal cases p. 23; mentions unfriendly settlers and natives, and a group of Aboriginal people, fascinated by his clothing, hat and boots, kept tracking him through the sandhills p. 47; recounts a story when his children brought an Aboriginal skull and arm bone into the house, discovered when part of a river bank collapsed p. 66; image 'South Australian natives on the tramp' a lithograph by Alexander Schramm p. 21.
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- Bibliography: p. 179.
- Subject:
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- Francis, George William, 1800-1865
- Adelaide Botanic Garden -- History
- Botanical gardens -- South Australia -- Adelaide -- History
- Botanists -- South Australia -- Biography
- History - Biographies - Non-Indigenous
- Housing - Shelters
- Economic sectors - Agriculture and horticulture - Gardening
- Education
- Plants
- Law enforcement - Criminal law and procedure - Interrogation and evidence
- Adelaide (SE SA SI54-09)
- Australia
- South Australia (SA)
- Other authors/contributors:
- Adelaide Botanic Garden
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 1986
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