1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910777098303321

Autore

Larkins Robert

Titolo

The personal history of William Buckley : Murrangurk among the first people / / Robert Larkins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

North Melbourne, Vic : , : Arcadia, the general books', , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

9781922952288

9781925801217

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (276 pages)

Disciplina

301.2994

Soggetti

Aboriginal Australians - Social life and customs

History - Biographies - Non-Indigenous

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

As a British soldier who fought against Napoleon, William Buckley served capably and truly but a drunken escapade led to his transportation to a short-lived settlement in Australia, and once there to his daring escape from custody and thirty years of isolation among the First People of the region, who saved and sheltered him. Known to his saviours as 'Murrangurk', Buckley learnt their language and forgot his own. He lived as they did and would later record invaluably his understanding of their customs and traditions. When eventually Europeans returned and conflict between them and the First People flared, Buckley was at the heart of the tumult. He tried to mediate and courageously stopped three massacres, but soon found himself disregarded by the antagonists and dangerously compromised.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910138980303321

Titolo

Cadence

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Austin, Tex.], : [Cadence Publications], [©1986-2003]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

620/.0042/0285

Soggetti

Computer graphics

Computer-aided design

Infographie

Conception assistée par ordinateur

Periodical

periodicals.

Periodicals.

Périodiques.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Imprint varies: Ariel Communications, Inc., <May 1987->; volumes for <Dec. 1992-> published by Miller Freeman Inc., in San Francisco, CA; publisher: CMP Media, <Oct. 2000->