- Bib ID:
- 2519801
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Rowan, Ellis, 1848-1922
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Description:
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- London : John Murray, 1898
- xiii, 272 p., [19] leaves of plates (2 folded) : ill. (1 col.), col. map ; 22 cm.
- Summary:
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Letters written 1890-1892; Chap.4; Description of a corroboree near Hanbleton plantation; Chap.7; Notes on the natives at Myola; types of food, cannibalism, musical instruments, description of a Bora ground; Chap.8; Cooktown, method of burial of young child; inland natives go to coast for berries & turtles eggs; general beliefs; Chap.10; Corroboree at Somerset - natives imitate pelicans, natives from Batavia River visit Somerset; Chap.ll; Physical description of natives on Mabuiag Island; Chap.12; Darnley Island & Murray Island.
- Notes:
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- Second impression.
- Consists of 20 letters written from Queensland (pt. I) and 8 letters from New Zealand (pt. II).
- Spine title: A flower hunter.
- Cover title: A flower hunter in Queensland and New Zealand.
- Includes index.
- National Library of Australia's FER (FC) F15123 copy has an undated manuscript letter from Ellis Rowan at Cliveden, East Melbourne to Mr I? pasted inside the front cover; untrimmed with some pages unopened.
- Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2901669279
- Cited In:
- Ferguson, J.A. Bibliography of Australia, 15123
- First Nations (AIATSIS) Subject:
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- Subject:
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- Also Titled:
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- Flower hunter
- Flower hunter in Queensland and New Zealand
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
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- Material type:
- Literary, dramatic or musical work
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1922
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1898
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