Mrs. Fraser on the fatal shore / Michael Alexander
- Bib ID:
- 2556446
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Alexander, Michael, 1920-
- Description:
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- London : M. Joseph, 1971
- 191 p., 16 p. of plates : ill., facsims., maps (on lining papers), ports. ; 23 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0718108159
- Summary:
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Biographical & historical information on the wreck of the Stirling Castle and the Fraser Massacre, notes camp life, plant foods, womens domestic tasks, food preparation, status of women, place names (Kabi) of south east Queensland; includes story of Wandi Bracefell; cannibalism; Appendix IV - Aboriginal methods of preparing dead bodies (taken from J.D. Lang); Appendix VI - The bunya bunya pine, use as food by Aborigines; includes facsimile title pages of contemporary accounts.
- Subject:
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- Fraser, Eliza
- Stirling Castle (Ship)
- Shipwrecks -- Queensland
- Race relations - Violent - Massacres, murders, poisonings etc. - To 1900
- Gubbi Gubbi / Kabi Kabi / Gabi Gabi language (E29) (Qld SG56-06)
- Death - Mortuary / funeral ceremonies
- Language - Vocabulary - Place names
- Gathering
- Settlement and contacts - Colonisation - 1851-
- Gender relations - Division of labour
- Food - Preparation - Cooking - Plants
- Religion - After death beliefs
- Gubbi Gubbi / Kabi Kabi / Gabi Gabi people (E29) (Qld SG56-06)
- Cannibalism
- Bunya Mountains (SE Qld SG56-10)
- Hornet Bank (SW Qld SG55-08)
- Warragul map area (E Vic Gippsland SJ55-10)
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2090 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 2020
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1971
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