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Autore: | Furphy Samuel |
Titolo: | Edward M. Curr and the tide of history / / Sam Furphy |
Pubblicazione: | Canberra, Australia : , : ANU E Press, , 2013 |
©2013 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (246 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina: | 305.89915 |
Soggetto topico: | Frontier and pioneer life - Australia - Victoria |
Authors, Australian | |
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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | Edward M. Curr and the Tide of History |
ISBN: | 1-922144-71-1 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910141985603321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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