Journals of Expeditions of Discovery Into Central Australia, and Overland From Adelaide to King George's Sound, in the Years 1840-1 (Volume 2); Sent ... of the Government Including an Account - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 1154019004 ISBN 13: 9781154019001

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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1845. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE ABORIGINES OF AUSTRALIA. VOL. II. L MANNERS AND CUSTOMS ABORIGINES OF AUSTRALIA. CHAPTER I. PRELIMINARY REMARKS UNJUST OPINIONS GENERALLY ENTERTAINED OF THE CHARACTER OF THE NATIVE DIFFICULTIES AND DISADVANTAGES HE LABOURS UNDER IN HIS RELATIONS WITH EUROPEANS--AGGRESSIONS AND INJURIES ON THE PART OF THE LATTER IN GREAT DEGREE EXTENUATE HIS CRIMES. Upon bringing to a close the narrative of an Expedition of Discovery in Australia, during the progress of which an extensive portion of the previously unknown parts of that continent were explored, I have thought it might not be uninteresting to introduce a few pages on the subject of the Aborigines of the country. It would afford me much gratification to see an interest excited on their behalf proportioned to the claims of a people who have hitherto been misjudged or misrepresented. For the last twelve years I have been personally resident in one or other of the Australian Colonies, and have always been in frequent intercourse with the aboriginal tribes that were near, rarely being without some of them constantly with me as domestics. To the advantages of private opportunities of acquiring a knowledge of their character were added, latterly, the facilities afforded by my holding a public appointment in South Australia, in the midst of a district more densely populated by natives than any in that Colony, where no settler had ventured to locate, and where, prior to my arrival in October 1841, frightful scenes of bloodshed, rapine, and hostility between the natives and parties coming overland with stock, had been of frequent and very recent occurrence. As Resident Magistrate of the Murray District, I may almost say, that for the last three years I have lived with the natives. My dutie...

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