A wild history : life and death on the Victoria River frontier /

"Drawing on painstaking research into obscure though rich documentary sources, Aboriginal oral traditions, and first hand investigations conducted in the region over thirty-five years, Darrell Lewis pieces together the complex interactions between the environment, the powerful and warlike Abori...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lewis, Darrell (Darrell J.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Clayton, Victoria, Australia : Monash University Publishing, [2012]
Edición:1st ed.
Temas:
Frontier and pioneer life > Australia > Victoria River Region (N.T.)
Aboriginal Australians > Australia > Victoria River Region (N.T.) > History.
White people > Australia > Victoria River Region (N.T.) > History.
Pioneers > Australia > Victoria River Region (N.T.) > History.
Cattle trade > Australia > Victoria River Region (N.T.) > History.
Ranches > Australia > Victoria River Region (N.T.) > History.
HISTORY > Australia & New Zealand.
White people
Race relations
Pioneers
Aboriginal Australians
Cattle trade
Frontier and pioneer life
Ranches
Victoria River Region (N.T.) > History.
Victoria River Region (N.T.) > Race relations > History.
Northern Territory > Victoria River Region
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Drawing on painstaking research into obscure though rich documentary sources, Aboriginal oral traditions, and first hand investigations conducted in the region over thirty-five years, Darrell Lewis pieces together the complex interactions between the environment, the powerful and warlike Aboriginal tribes and the settlers and their cattle, which produced what truly became A Wild History."--Inside front cover
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxiii, 319 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-312) and index.
ISBN:9781921867279
1921867272
9781925495003
1925495000

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