Edward M. Curr and the tide of history / / Sam Furphy
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| Autore: |
Furphy Samuel
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| Titolo: |
Edward M. Curr and the tide of history / / Sam Furphy
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| 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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Serie:
Aboriginal history monograph series ; ; No 26.