The pioneers of Port Phillip : the story of early Melbourne for boys and girls / by P. St.J.Wilson
- Bib ID:
- 5582447
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Wilson, P. St. J. (Philip St. John)
- Description:
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- Melbourne : Robertson & Mullens, 1945
- 102 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
- Series:
- Marcie Muir collection of Australian children's books.
- Summary:
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Includes Indigenous history, lifestyle and customs p. 1-8; mentions William Buckley p. 18-19, 44-45; mentions John Batman p. 21, 30-32, 35; mentions encounters with Indigenous people p. 25, 37-39, 55-56, 58, 62-63, 67, 81-82, 98.
- Notes:
- For children.
- Cited In:
- Muir, M. A bibliography of Australian children's books, 8081
- Subject:
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- Technology - Stone - Axes / hatchets
- Hunting, gathering and fishing
- Costume and clothing
- Demography - Palaeodemography - Aboriginal settlement of Australia
- Weapons
- Stories and motifs - Devils, monsters, evil spirits, hairy men, bunyips
- Transport - Water - Canoes
- Literature and stories - Juvenile
- Hunting - Birds
- Housing - Shelters - Bark
- Law enforcement - Police trackers
- Sites - Scarred trees - Canoe trees
- Recreation - Games
- Technology - Fire - Fire making
- Gender relations - Gender roles
- Health - Treatments - Traditional - Clever people
- Land rights - Land acquisition
- Magic and sorcery - Bone pointing
- Settlement and contacts - Settlers
- Food - Preparation - Cooking
- Dance - Recreational - Corroboree
- Race relations - Violent - Massacres, murders, poisonings etc. - To 1900
- Melbourne (Vic.) -- History -- Juvenile literature
- Australia
- Port Phillip / Western Port area (Vic SJ55)
- Also Titled:
- Story of early Melbourne for boys and girls
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Muir, Marcie. Marcie Muir collection of Australian children's books.
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1945
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