Nature's plenty : a history of the City of Whittlesea / Michael Jones
- Bib ID:
- 25672
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Jones, M. A. (Michael Anthony)
- Description:
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- North Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 1992
- xvi, 319 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.), ports. ; 28 cm.
- ISBN:
- 1863730761
- Summary:
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Environment of the Aboriginal people about the the time of European settlement. Possible use of a 'swamp management system' now buried under Yan Yean reservoir. Smallpox epidemics among Aboriginal people prior to settlement - probably from the activity of nearby European sealers. Estimations of Aboriginal populations. Scattered references throughout.
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- Bibliography: p. 298-313.
- Subject:
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- Settlement and contacts - Colonisation - 1788-1850
- Health - Infectious diseases - Smallpox
- Woiwurrung / Wurundjeri / Woiwurung people (S36) (Vic SJ55-05)
- Settlement and contacts - Colonisation - 1851-
- Environment - Land management
- Demography
- Whittlesea (Vic.) -- History
- Eden Park (Vic SJ55-05)
- Diamond Creek (Vic SJ55-05)
- Whittlesea (Vic SJ55-05)
- Kingslake (Vic SJ55-05)
- Yan Yean (Vic SJ55-05)
- Copyright:
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- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1992
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