Cardwell Shire story
- Bib ID:
- 634002
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Jones, Dorothy, 1927-
- Description:
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- Brisbane, Published for the Cardwell Shire Council [by] the Jacaranda Press, 1961
- 417 p. illus., ports. 22 cm.
- Summary:
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Early contacts near Palm Is. cooking on heated stones; General view on acculturation, effect on natives; Canoes from Hinchinbrook Is. to Cardwell; Cannibalism, burial customs; Derivation of place names in the Cardwell district - includes Aboriginal words.
- Notes:
- Bibliography: p. 416-417.
- First Nations (AIATSIS) Subject:
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- Cannibalism
- Transport - Water - Canoes
- Race relations - Violent - Massacres, murders, poisonings etc. - To 1900
- Death - Mortuary customs
- Habitation - Camps - Hearths, ovens, fireplaces etc
- Language - Vocabulary - Place names
- Cape York Peninsula (Qld SC54, SD54, SD55)
- Hinchinbrook Island (NE Qld SE55-10)
- Cardwell (NE Qld SE55-10)
- Palm Island (NE Qld SE55-10)
- Subject:
- Cardwell (Qld. : Shire)
- Other authors/contributors:
- Cardwell (Qld. : Shire). Council
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary, dramatic or musical work
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1961
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