A wild history : life and death on the Victoria River frontier / Darrell Lewis
- Bib ID:
- 5783507
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Lewis, D. (Darrell)
- Description:
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- Clayton, Vic. : Monash University Publishing, 2012
- xxiii, 319 p. ; ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9781921867262
- Summary:
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"Drawing on painstaking research into obscure though rich documentary sources, Aboriginal oral traditions, and first hand investigations conducted in the region over thirty-five years, Darrell Lewis pieces together the complex interactions between the environment, the powerful and warlike Aboriginal tribes and the settlers and their cattle, which produced what truly became A Wild History." - Inside front cover.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-312) and index.
- Subject:
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- Frontier and pioneer life -- Northern Territory -- Victoria River Region
- Aboriginal Australians -- Northern Territory -- Victoria River Region
- Cattle industry -- Northern Territory -- Victoria River Region -- History
- Ranches -- Northern Territory -- Victoria River Region -- History
- Economic sectors - Agriculture and horticulture - Pastoral industry - Beef cattle
- Race relations - Violent
- Settlement and contacts - Explorers
- Wardaman people (N35) (NT SD52-16)
- Settlement and contacts - Settlers
- Victoria River Region (N.T.) -- History
- Willeroo (North NT SD52-16)
- Jasper Gorge (North NT SE52-04)
- Victoria River (North NT SD52, SE52)
- Bradshaw Station (Victoria River, North NT SD52-15)
- Australian
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2012
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