Christison of Lammermoor / by M.M. Bennett
- Bib ID:
- 902120
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Bennett, M. M. (Mary Montgomerie)
- Description:
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- London : Alston Rivers, 1927
- 280 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 22 cm.
- Summary:
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Narrative of the life of Robert Christison; Chap.4; Notes on exploration in Queensland, 1863-1866; meeting with Landsborough near Sutton River; Chap.5; The Wills massacre on the Ngoa River; settling in at Lammermoor, teaching young Aboriginal English; relations between Dalleburra, Mootaburra, Quippenburra & Munggoobra; Chap.6; Christison gives old man a plate and named him King Narkool of Dalleburra tribe; account of corroboree; attack on homestead; Chap.7; Story of the spirit which haunts Mount Alexander; Chap.8; Native crippled woman carried in kangaroo skins, kindness to lamed people; sheep stealing, Native Police action; nets used for trapping game; Chap.9; Excerpts from Parliamentary reports, early authors writings on the effects of white law on Aborigines, land rights suggestion made for segregation policy; Chap.10; Use of boomerangs, throwing sticks (koolbinny), spears, nulla nullas, greenstone tomahawks, quartz knives; yam stick (kalgooly) used by women; cure for snake bite, quartz traded for pituri from Goamulgu tribe; group divided into 4 sections, marriage regulations, initiation; Chap.25; Estimate of population of Dalleburra, degradation of women through white contact; Chap.28; Native names of waterholes; p.271-276; English - Dalleburra dictionary (approximately 560 words)
- Notes:
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- Maps on lining papers.
- Includes index and bibliography.
- Subject:
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- Christison, Robert, 1837-1915
- Aboriginal Australians -- Queensland -- Biography
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Queensland -- Biography
- Aboriginal Australians -- Queensland -- Languages -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc
- Iningai / Yiningay language (L41) (Qld SF55-13)
- Economic sectors - Agriculture and horticulture - Pastoral industry - Sheep and wool
- Social organisation - Kinship - Marriage
- Hunting - Traps, nets etc
- Politics and Government - National symbols and events - King plates
- Technology - Wood - Digging sticks
- Yirandali / Yirandhali people (L42) (Qld SF55-05)
- Weapons - Clubs and fighting sticks
- Dalla language (E25) (Qld SG56-10)
- Weapons - Spearthrowers
- Ceremonies - Initiation
- Technology - Stone - Knives
- Trade and exchange
- Economic sectors - Agriculture and horticulture - Pastoral industry
- Weapons - Boomerangs - Throwing
- Substance use - Pituri
- Weapons - Throwing sticks
- Gathering - Plants - Yams
- Settlement and contacts - Explorers
- Yirandali / Yirandhali language (L42) (Qld SF55-05)
- Indigenous knowledge - Health and medicine
- Iningai / Yiningay people (L41) (Qld SF55-13)
- Land rights
- Technology - Stone - Ground
- Plants - Pituri
- Technology - Stone - Axes / hatchets
- Language - Vocabulary - Word lists
- Settlement and contacts - Colonisation - 1851-
- Language - Vocabulary - Place names
- Dalla people (E25) (Qld SG56-10)
- Health - Bites and stings
- Law enforcement - Police conduct and attitudes
- Animals - Reptiles - Snakes
- Weapons - Spears
- Guwa language (G9.1) (Qld SF54-11)
- Animals - Mammals - Marsupials - Kangaroos / Wallabies
- Race relations - Violent - Massacres, murders, poisonings etc. - To 1900
- Language - English - Aboriginal English
- Animals - Livestock - Stealing and killing
- Stories and motifs
- Material culture - Fur and skin objects and decorations
- Demography - Population dynamics
- Settlement and contacts - Settlers
- Law enforcement - Police - Native police
- Guwa people (G9.1) (Qld SF54-11)
- Aged
- Lammermoor (Qld.)
- Queensland -- History -- 1824-1900
- Charters Towers (Qld.) -- History
- South West Queensland (SW Qld SG54, SG55, SH54, SH55)
- North East South Australia (NE SA SG54, SH54)
- Nogoa River (E Qld SF55, SG55)
- Lammermoor (E Qld SF56-13)
- Quippenburra (E Qld SF55-01)
- Cullin-La-Ringo (E Qld SF55-15)
- Kalgoorlie-Boulder (SE WA Goldfields SH51-09)
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1927
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