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Record Nr.

UNINA9910141985603321

Autore

Furphy Samuel

Titolo

Edward M. Curr and the tide of history / / Sam Furphy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Canberra, Australia : , : ANU E Press, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

1-922144-71-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (246 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Aboriginal History Monographs

Disciplina

305.89915

Soggetti

Frontier and pioneer life - Australia - Victoria

Authors, Australian

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Prologue: 'Claim sunk by pen of a swordsman'; 1. From Sheffield to Van Diemen's Land; 2. 'Troubles of a Beginner'; 3. 'A Station Formed at Tongala'; 4. Claiming the Moira; 5. Decline and Fall; 6. Rebuilding a Reputation; 7. Recollections of Squatting; 8. 'The native is a child'; 9. The Australian Race; 10. Ethnographic Rivalries; 11. 'My sable neighbours'; 12. The Tide of History; Epilogue: 'The Ghost of Edward Curr'; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Edward M. Curr (1820-89) was a pastoralist, horse trader, stock inspector, Aboriginal administrator, author and ethnologist