A poor man's diggings : mining and community at Bethanga, Victoria, 1875-1912 / June Philipp
- Bib ID:
- 2943961
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Philipp, June
- Description:
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- Melbourne : Hyland House, 1987
- xiii, 222 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0947062092
- Summary:
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Accounts of interaction between Aboriginal people and settlers on pages 7-10, including Sturt's observations of small pox in 1828-9 and 1838, the resulting violence, Thomas Mitchell's views of peaceful coexistence.
- Full contents:
- Includes index.
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- Map on lining papers.
- Bibliography: p. 217-218.
- Subject:
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- Mines and mineral resources -- Victoria -- Bethanga -- History
- Miners -- Victoria -- Bethanga -- History
- Settlement and contacts
- Wiradjuri people (D10) (NSW SI55-07)
- Jaitmathang / Yadymadhang people (S43) (Vic SJ55-03)
- Race relations - Violent - Massacres, murders, poisonings etc. - To 1900
- Bethanga (Vic.) -- History
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1987
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