In search of Edward John Eyre / Geoffrey Dutton
- Bib ID:
- 232561
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Dutton, Geoffrey, 1922-1998
- Description:
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- South Melbourne : Macmillan, 1982
- viii, 152 p. : ill., ports. ; 27 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0333338413
- Summary:
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Biography of Eyre, explorer and administrator ; Protector of Aboriginal people at Moorundie in South Australia where he helped establish good relations between the Aboriginal people and the European settlers ; later disgraced by his brutal treatment of Jamaicans during his twelve years as Governor of the West Indies.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Subject:
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- Eyre, Edward John, 1815-1901
- Australia. Exploration, 1833-1844. Eyre, Edward John, 1815-1901. Biographies
- Explorers -- Australia -- Biography
- Government policy - Initial period and protectionism - 1788-1850
- Settlement and contacts - Explorers - Aboriginal guides
- Race relations - Attitudes
- Settlement and contacts - Settlers
- Settlement and contacts - Colonisation - 1851-
- Race relations - Violent
- Settlement and contacts - Explorers - European
- Australia -- Discovery and exploration
- Jamaica -- History -- Insurrection, 1865
- Nullarbor Plain (SE WA, Far West SA SH51, SH52, SI52)
- West Indies
- Moorundie (SE SA SI54-10)
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2068 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1998
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1982
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