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My dusky friends : sketches of the south eastern natives of Western Australia, 1861-1910 / compiled...

My dusky friends : sketches of the south eastern natives of Western Australia, 1861-1910 / compiled...

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My dusky friends : sketches of the south eastern natives of Western Australia, 1861-1910 / compiled by Mrs. A. Y. Hassell

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Full title

My dusky friends : sketches of the south eastern natives of Western Australia, 1861-1910 / compiled by Mrs. A. Y. Hassell

Date

1861-1910

Call Numbers

A 1534

Record Identifier

9gkd8Gv9

Reference Code

947413

Language

Australian languages

Physical Description

Contents

1 volume of textual material - 617 pages - typescript

Other Descriptions

Level of description

Fonds

Access and use

Copying Conditions

Copyright status : In copyright

Research & study copies allowed : Author has been deceased for more than 50 years

Issue Copy

Digitised

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Scope and Contents

Contents

Typescript with manuscript notes and contents list:

Chapter 1 My home
Chapter 2 Native dress and weapons
Chapter 3 Native foods
Chapter 4 Twertup
Chapter 5 Native song and dance
Chapter 6 The chudic, waitch and coomal (the wild cat, emu, and ring-tailed oppossum)
Chapter 7 Burial rites, Legend of the eclipse of the sun
C...

Alternative Titles

Full title

My dusky friends : sketches of the south eastern natives of Western Australia, 1861-1910 / compiled by Mrs. A. Y. Hassell

Continuation of Title

Some of Their Legends and Customs

Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes

General note

Microfilm : CY 1733, frames 1 - 320

AIATSIS language, code and map grid reference:
Nyaki Nyaki / Njaki Njaki people (A1) (WA SI50-04)
(accessed February 2014)

Digital order no:Album ID : 1054940

Signature / Inscriptions

Inscribed on title page: "Events in this book took place about 1861 [only date mentioned Ch. 25]. Presented to Mitchell Library about 1910"

Description source

Information transferred from Short Catalogue (typed) as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

A 1534

Record Identifier

9gkd8Gv9

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9gkd8Gv9

Other Identifiers

Reference code

947413

How to access this item

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