Journals Of Expeditions Of Discovery Into Central Australia And Overland From Adelaide To King George's Sound In The Years 1840-1: Sent By The Colonists Of South Australia By Eyre, Edward John

























































































































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CHAPTER I.
PRELIMINARY REMARKS - UNJUST OPINIONS GENERALLY ENTERTAINED OF THE
CHARACTER OF THE NATIVE - DIFFICULTIES AND DISADVANTAGES HE LABOURS UNDER - Page 7
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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

CHAPTER II. PHYSICAL APPEARANCE - DRESS - CHARACTER - HABITS OF LIFE - MEETINGS OF TRIBES - WARS - DANCES - SONGS

CHAPTER III. FOOD - HOW PROCURED - HOW PREPARED - LIMITATION AS TO AGE, etc.

CHAPTER IV. PROPERTY IN LAND - DWELLINGS - WEAPONS - IMPLEMENTS - GOVERNMENT - CUSTOMS - SOCIAL RELATIONS - MARRIAGE - NOMENCLATURE

CHAPTER V. CEREMONIES AND SUPERSTITIONS - FORMS OF BURIAL - MOURNING CUSTOMS - RELIGIOUS IDEAS - EMPIRICS, etc.

CHAPTER VI. NUMBERS - DISEASES - CAUSE OF LIMITED POPULATION - CRIMES AGAINST EUROPEANS - AMONGST THEMSELVES - TREATMENT OF EACH OTHER IN DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD, etc.

CHAPTER VII. LANGUAGE, DIALECTS, CUSTOMS, etc. - GENERAL SIMILARITY THROUGHOUT THE CONTINENT - CAUSES OF DIFFERENCES - ROUTE BY WHICH THE NATIVES HAVE OVERSPREAD THE COUNTRY, etc.

CHAPTER VIII. EFFECTS OF CONTACT WITH EUROPEANS - ATTEMPTS AT IMPROVEMENT AND CIVILIZATION - ACCOUNT OF SCHOOLS - DEFECTS OF THE SYSTEM

CHAPTER IX. SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF SYSTEM ADOPTED TOWARDS THE NATIVES 458

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EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES OF NATIVE ORNAMENTS, WEAPONS, IMPLEMENTS, AND WORKS OF INDUSTRY

LIST OF PLATES. - VOL. II.

Distribution of flour at Moorunde, G. Hamilton Arrival at King George's Sound, J. Neill Plate I. - Native Ornaments Kangaroo Dance of King George's Sound, J. Neill Woodcut of a Standard used in the Dances performed by day Plate II. Native Weapons Plate III. Native Weapons Plate IV. Native Implements Plate V. Native Works of Industry Mode of disposing of the Dead of the Lower Murray Murray River at Moorunde Plate VI. Miscellaneous Native Articles 1. Head of war spear of the North Coast, barbed for 3 feet, total length 9 1/2 feet. 2. Head of fish spear of the North Coast, barbed for 18 inches, total length 8 3/4 feet. 2. Head of spear of the North Coast, barbed for 18 inches, total length 8 3/4 feet. 4. Head of war spear of the North Coast, with head of quartz, 6 inches, total length 9 1/2 feet. 5. Head of war spear of the North Coast, with head of slate, 6 inches, total length 9 1/2 feet. 6. Two handed sword of hard wood, North Coast, 3 1/2 feet. 7. Throwing stick of North Coast, 3 feet 1 inch. 8. Throwing stick of North Coast, very pliant, 3-16ths of an inch only thick, 3 feet 6 inches. 9. Broad short throwing stick, 2 feet 2 inches. 10. An ornament of feathers for the neck. 11. Five Kangaroo teeth in a bunch, worn round the neck. 12. A net waistband or belt, from Murray River, 8 feet long 6 inches wide. 13. Plume of feathers tied to thin wand, and stuck in the hair at dances - New South Wales. 14. War club. 15. War club. 16. Bag of close net work. 17. Band for forehead of Swan's down. 18. Root end of a kind of grass, used as pins for pegging out skins. 19.

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