In savage Australia / Knut Dahl
- Bib ID:
- 7088706
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Dahl, Knut, 1871-, author, illustrator, photographer
- Edition:
- [New edition]
- Description:
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- Carlisle, Western Australia : Hesperian Press, 2016
- xxxi, 332 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm
- ISBN:
- 9780859056335 (hardback)
- Series:
- Western Australian explorers' diaries project incorporating the historical records of Western Australia.
- Summary:
-
In 1894-1896, the Norwegian biologist, Knut Dahl, examined Arnhem Land and the Dampier Peninsula. His observations and illustrations of the country and its wildlife, both animal and human, make this a valuable book for all interested in the North.
- Notes:
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- English translation of original Norwegian edition supervised by H.T. Sheringham and J. Arthur Hutton.
- Norwegian edition: Reiser i Nord-Vest-Australien.
- Includes new list of measurements, new foreword and new appendix.
- Foreword of original edition by Fridtjof Nansen.
- Foreword of new edition by Ian Abbott.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
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- Aboriginal Australians -- Northern Territory -- Arnhem Land
- Animals -- Northern Territory -- Arnhem Land
- Religion - Rites - Ceremonial objects - Stones
- Animals - Reptiles - Crocodiles
- Race relations - Violent
- Human biology - Physical anthropology - Craniology
- Archaeology - Archaeobotany
- Magic and sorcery
- Material culture
- Archaeology - Archaeozoology
- Technology - Stone
- Arnhem Land (N.T.) -- Description and travel
- Valley of Lagoons (NE Qld SE55-09)
- Armatill / Hermit Hill (Daly River NT Top End SD52-07)
- Arnhem Land (NT)
- Victoria River (North NT SD52, SE52)
- Katherine River (NT Top End SD53-05, SD53-09, SD53-12)
- Australian
- Other authors/contributors:
- Also Titled:
- In savage Australia : an account of a hunting and collecting expedition to Arnhem Land and Dampier Land
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2016
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