Memories of Amity / by Thos. Welsby
- Bib ID:
- 126026
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Welsby, Thomas, 1858-1941
- Description:
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- Brisbane : Watson, Ferguson, 1922
- 239 p. : ill., map, port. ; 23 cm.
- Summary:
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p.18-21; Toompani given brass plate for saving lives from H.M.S. Sovereign, 1847; Story of finding inscribed brass plate given to Woondu by children at Murramerang; p.34-35; Names of places Amity area; p.42-43; Brief account of Pamphlet, Parsons & Finnegan; p.58; Favourite camping ground Moongalba (Myora); p.63-65; Account of battle & fraternisation; p.71-78; Stories of Nuggin & Sarah, Toompani & Thruppan; p.81-87; Superstitions; p.90-94; Corroboree; p.157-158; Joondoobarrie tribe Moreton Bay known to be cannibals; Bora ground located White Patch (Tarrangiri); p.230-232; 16 islands listed, 11 with native names.
- Subject:
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- North Stradbroke Island (Qld.)
- Politics and Government - National symbols and events - King plates
- Art - Childrens art
- Language - Vocabulary - Place names
- Ceremonies - Initiation
- Religion - Rites - Ceremonial grounds
- Dance - Ceremonial
- Cannibalism
- Moreton Bay (Qld.) -- History
- Moreton Island (Qld.)
- Bribie Island (Qld.) -- History
- Murramarang / Depot Beach / Durras (NSW S Coast SI56-13)
- Brisbane (SE Qld SG56-15)
- Myora / Moongalba (Minjerriba / North Stradbroke Island SE Qld SG56-15)
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1941
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1922
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