The first settlement of the Upper Murray, 1835 to 1845 : with a short account of over two hundred runs, 1835 to 1880 / by Arthur Andrews
- Bib ID:
- 1618681
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Andrews, Arthur, 1848-1925
- Description:
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- Sydney : Ford, 1920
- 188 pages : illustrations, map (folded) ; 21 cm.
- Summary:
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p.30; Quotes from diary of Hume and Hovell; Yackandandah Creek - children playing game called Currum-currum; Battery Mountain - physical description of group; p.31-40; Account of Faithfull massacre; gives opinions on Aborigines of early settlers in district, note on cannibalism on the Hume River, location of Ya-itma-thang, Wolgal, Ngarigo, Thedora- Mittung, Kandangora-Mittung; native camps; depredations, temptation of boots; Merriman, one of the ringleaders in the Faithfull affair was son of Billy Elengeist, chief or king of the Little River tribes; Albury a seasonal meeting place for groups, Bogong festival, method of cooking moths; list of stations & owners in the counties of Bobong, Benambra, Hume, Goulburn and Selwyn, with brief histories and Aboriginal meanings of place and station names.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Subject:
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- Land settlement -- Murray River Valley (N.S.W.-S.A.)
- Walgalu / Walgal people (S47) (NSW SI55-16)
- Environment - Climate and weather - Seasons
- Economic sectors - Agriculture and horticulture - Pastoral industry
- Language - Vocabulary - Place names
- Recreation - Play - Children
- Gathering - Insects
- Race relations - Violent - Massacres, murders, poisonings etc. - To 1900
- Settlement and contacts - Colonisation - 1851-
- Jaitmathang / Yadymadhang people (S43) (Vic SJ55-03)
- Ngarigo / Ngarigu people (S46) (NSW SJ55-04)
- Food - Preparation - Cooking
- Cannibalism
- Animals - Invertebrates - Insects - Butterflies / Moths
- Tatungalung language (S42) (Vic SJ55-11)
- Habitation - Camps
- Murray River Valley (N.S.W.-S.A.) -- History
- River Murray (SW NSW, N Vic, SE SA SI54, SI55)
- Albury Wodonga (SW NSW / N Vic SJ55-02)
- Benalla (N Vic SJ55-02)
- Sydney (NSW SI56-05)
- Goulburn River (N Vic SJ55-01)
- 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):
- 1925
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1920
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