Pioneers in Australasia / by Sir Harry Johnston ; with coloured frontispiece by Alec Ball and eight half tone plates
- Bib ID:
- 1618594
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Johnston, Harry Hamilton, Sir, 1858-1927
- Description:
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- London : Blackie, 1913
- 308 p., [19] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 21 cm.
- Series:
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- Marcie Muir collection of Australian children's books.
- Pioneers of empire.
- Summary:
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Chapter ii "The first human inhabitants of Australasia" discusses the origin, probable migration, physical appearance, social organisation, weapons, shelters, language, clothing and religion of Aboriginal Australians (including Tasmanians) and other Indigenous people of the Pacific.
- Notes:
- Bibliography: p. xiii-xiv.
- Cited In:
- Muir, M. A bibliography of Australian children's books, 3799
- Subject:
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- Race relations - Attitudes
- Settlement and contacts - Dutch
- Demography - Palaeodemography - Aboriginal settlement of Australia
- Settlement and contacts - Explorers - European
- Colonisation
- Human biology - Physical anthropology
- Indigenous peoples - Pacific
- Australasia -- Description and travel
- Australasia -- Discovery and exploration
- Oceania -- Description and travel
- Oceania -- Discovery and exploration
- New Zealand (NZ)
- Papua New Guinea (PNG)
- New South Wales (NSW)
- Pacific Islands
- Hawaii
- Australia
- Tasmania (Tas)
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Muir, Marcie. Marcie Muir collection of Australian children's books.
This collection contains 6,246 records. - 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):
- 1927
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1913
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