A brief account of the colony of Port-Jackson in New South Wales : its native inhabitants, productions, &c. &c. / by George Bond ; edited with bibliographical notes by Julien Renard
- Bib ID:
- 3423418
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Bond, G. (George), active 1798-1799
- Edition:
- 8th ed.
- Description:
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- Melbourne : Edition Renard, 2005
- [ii], 40, [2] p. ; 23 cm.
- ISBN:
- 1920738118
- Summary:
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p [3] -7 general account of Aborigines; physical appearance - body decoration; attachment to the land and their way of life; trial and punishment by spears thrown at the offender; race relations - destruction of crops, account of meeting; policy of non-violence - Aboriginal retaliation for deaths; difficulty of Aborigines being reconciled to a European way of life - life of Benalong as an example.
- Notes:
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- Originally published: [Southampton] : Printed by T. Baker and Son ... , 1803.
- With an interesting account of the murder of Mr. Clode, late of that settlement, as communicated by the Rev. Richard Johnstone, late chaplain of the colony, to Joseph Hardcastle, Esq., treasurer of the Missionary Society.
- Edition limited to 212 copies on Soft White Superfine Eggshell with 200 numbered copies for sale. Copies 1-25 are printed in large type on 148gsm Large Paper, cased in quarter cloth with marbled sides and goatskin title-label lettered in gilt. Copies 26-100 cased in papered boards; copies 101-200 are cased in stiff wrappers. Twelve copies lettered A to M are for presentation, legal deposit and other purposes.
- Three issues exist. The Special issue numbered 1-25; the De Luxe issue numbered 26-100; and the Limited issue numbered 101-200. 12 additional copies Lettered A-M [letter I not being used] are hors commerce.
- The fifth publication under the imprint Edition Renard.
- Library's copies are nos. 25, 33 and M.
- Subject:
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- Clode, Samuel, 1761-1799
- Culture - Relationship to land
- Race relations - Violent
- Animals - Mammals - Marsupials
- Settlement and contacts - Colonisation - 1788-1850
- Social behaviour - Social deviance - Punishment
- Body - Decoration
- Race relations
- New South Wales -- Description and travel -- To 1850
- New South Wales -- Social conditions -- 1788-1851
- Port Jackson (Sydney SI56-05)
- Sydney map area (NSW SI56-05)
- Other authors/contributors:
- Also Titled:
- Brief account of Port-Jackson
- Copyright:
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2005
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