Drought or deluge : man in the Cooper's Creek region / H.M. Tolcher
- Bib ID:
- 424752
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Tolcher, H. M. (Helen Mary), 1928-
- Description:
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- Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 1986
- xi, 267 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 23 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0522843050
- Summary:
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Regional history including Aboriginal traditional culture, trade and social organisation (Yantruwanta, Yauraworka, Ngurawola and Wongkumara) exploration (Sturt, Gregory, Burke and Wills, Howitt, McKinlay); settlement history; Aboriginal resistance and violent conflict; depopulation.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Subject:
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- Yandruwantha / Yandruwandha people (L18) (SA SH54-02)
- Environment - Climate and weather - Drought
- Malyangapa / Malyangaba people (L8) (NSW SH54-11)
- Hunting, gathering and fishing
- Wangkumara / Wanggumara people (L25) (Qld SG54-15)
- Settlement and contacts - Explorers
- Ngurawala / Ngurawola language (L24) (Qld SG54-14)
- Yawarawarka people (L23) (SA SG54-10)
- Social organisation
- Demography - Population dynamics
- Trade and exchange
- Ngurawala / Ngurawola people (L24) (Qld SG54-14)
- Cooper Creek Region (Qld. and S.A.) -- History
- Cooper Creek (Qld Far West SG54, NE SA SH54)
- Copyright:
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- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1986
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