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Historical dictionary of Australian Aborigines /
The Australian Aborigines first arrived on the continent at least 60,000 years ago. They almost certainly landed on the northwest coast by sea from the nearby islands of the Indonesian archipelago. That first arrival may have been replicated many times over. The following exploration and settlement...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham :
Scarecrow Press,
2011.
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| Colección: | Historical dictionaries of people and cultures ;
no. 11. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The Australian Aborigines first arrived on the continent at least 60,000 years ago. They almost certainly landed on the northwest coast by sea from the nearby islands of the Indonesian archipelago. That first arrival may have been replicated many times over. The following exploration and settlement of a vast and varied continent was a venture of heroic proportions. The new settlers had reached southern Tasmania, the point farthest from the original landfall at least 30,000 years ago. By the early 17th century, when the first European seafarers arrived in Australian waters, the Aboriginal natio. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxix, 213 pages) : maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780810874756 081087475X |