- Bib ID:
- 1033150
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Roth, H. Ling (Henry Ling), 1855-1925
- Description:
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- London : Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1890
- xxvii, 224, cx pages, 21 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Summary:
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Physical characteristics, sickness, psychology, comparison with Australians; Law & government, religion, etiquette with strangers, scarification during puberty, weapons, sacred stones, uses of fire, food, hunting & fishing, native habitations, education of children - obedience, burials, bodily ornamentation - painting and; scarification, head coverings, astronomy, bark drawings, recreations, basketry, stone implements, rafts, infanticide not practised before advent of Europeans; Division of tribes, language information; Theories of origin; Vocabularies & chapter on Osteology listed separately under author in bibliography; Includes Tasmanian - English vocabulary of all known words; Description of Duterreaus portraits of Tasmanian Aborigines; Bibliography; Map shows locations where Aborigines have been sighted and gives Aboriginal place names.
- Notes:
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- Limited ed. of 200 copies.
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: p. 2-8.
- Cited In:
- Ferguson, J.A. Bibliography of Australia, 15111
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- Copyright:
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- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1925
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1890
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