Early settlement in Northern Australia / by A.M. McIntosh
- Bib ID:
- 2710087
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- McIntosh, A. M
- Description:
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- Sydney : Australasian Medical Publishing, [1958 or 1959]
- 18 p. : ill., map, ports. ; 28 cm.
- Summary:
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Detailed account of settlement, establishment Port Dundas 1824 for trading purposes with Coupang (Koepang) merchants Physical description, hostility towards whites, killing of livestock, stealing; Sickness & disease widespread in settlement Fort Wellington established 1827 (Raffles Bay); Trouble with Aboriginal people, killing, description, tooth avulsion practised; Indigenous treatment for bronchitis, evidence of smallpox; Malays visit Fort Wellington; Decision to quit 1829; Port Essington established 1838; Malays visit to catch trepang; Expedition led by Leichhardt arrived 1845; Description of Aboriginal people, sickness, some Aboriginal treatment; Tobacco, clothing allowed, no alcohol; Catholic missionary arrived 1846.
- Full contents:
- Part I. Trade in the East - Part. II. Port Essington.
- Notes:
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- Cover title.
- Bibliography: p. 18.
- Subject:
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- Land settlement -- Health aspects -- Northern Territory
- Costume and clothing
- Substance use - Alcohol
- Initiation - Tooth avulsion
- Animals - Invertebrates - Crustacea and molluscs - Beche-de-mer / Trepang
- Substance use - Smoking / Tobacco
- Animals - Livestock
- Religions - Christianity - Catholic Church
- Health - Infectious diseases - Smallpox
- Health - Respiratory system
- Melville Island (N.T.) -- History
- Northern Territory -- History -- 1824-1851
- Port Essington (N.T.) -- History
- Raffles Bay / Fort Wellington (West Arnhem Land NT SC53-13)
- Port Essington (West Arnhem Land NT SC53-13)
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- 2018
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