Early experiences in South Australia / by James C. Hawker
- Bib ID:
- 2840005
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Hawker, James C. (James Collins), 1821-1901
- Description:
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- Adelaide, [S. Aust.] : E.S. Wigg & Son, 1899
- 83 pages : portrait ; 22 cm.
- Summary:
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General account of South Australia by James Collins Hawker, surveyor 1839-1844; includes description of spearthrowing display by King John and Captain Jack (p.8-9); description of spear and spearthrower; spearing of Drake, Port Lincoln region, 1844 (p.35); further deaths reported - pursuit and punishment (p.40); Aborigines attempt to save items from fire (p.44); Aboriginal tracker in the search for lost man (p.56); attacks in the Murray region (p.61) further attaches (p.74); Aborigines defeat of punitive party - Aborigines painted like skeletons (p.74-75); partial success of further punitive expedition - mutilation of body (p.76-78); success of the Rufus River punitive expedition (p.79); Eyre appointed as Police Magistrate at Moorundie (p.80); further violence on the Wakefield River - establishment of Bungaree; visit from the Protector of Aborigines - enquires about the killing of an Aborigine (p.81); further killings in the Port Lincoln region (p.82)
- Notes:
- "These articles originally appeared in 'The South Australian register' and 'The Adelaide observer'." --verso of t.p.
- Cited In:
- Ferguson, J.A. Bibliography of Australia, 10297
- Subject:
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- Settlement and contacts - Colonisation - 1788-1850
- Race relations - Violent
- Settlement and contacts - Settlers
- South Australia -- Social life and customs -- 1836-1851
- South Australia -- History -- 1836-1851
- South Australia -- Description and travel -- To 1850
- Adelaide (SE SA SI54-09)
- Rufus River (SW NSW SI54-11)
- Lake Victoria (SW NSW SI54-07, SI54-11)
- Port Lincoln (West SA SI53-11)
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1901
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1899
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