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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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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • About the Author; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Victoria River Country: Land and People; Chapter 2: First Contact; Chapter 3: The Advance Scouts of Settlement; Chapter 4: The Coming of the Cattle; Chapter 5: Unquiet Times; Chapter 6: Jasper Gorge; Chapter 7: Captain Joe's Bradshaw; Chapter 8: The Wild Wardaman Warriors; Chapter 9: The Victoria River Sheep Saga; Chapter 10: Hard-Riding Individualists; Chapter 11: The Nest of Reputed Thieves; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.

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