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, with the Sanction and Support of the Government: Including an Account of the Manne eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 871 pages of information about Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia and Overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound in the Years 1840-1.

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, with the Sanction and Support of the Government: Including an Account of the Manne eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 871 pages of information about Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia and Overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound in the Years 1840-1.

Chapter V.
Large watercourse—­lake of fresh water—­heavy rains—­reach mount
barren—­salt lakes and streams—­barren scrubby country—­ranges behind
king George’s sound are seen—­brackish ponds—­pass Cape Riche—­A large
salt river—­chains of ponds—­good land—­heavily timbered country—­cold
weather—­fresh lake—­the Candiup river—­King’s river—­excessive
rains—­arrival at king George’s sound, and termination of the
expedition—­reception of Wylie by the natives

Chapter vi
Concluding remarks

MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE 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

Chapter ii
Physical appearance—­dress&md
ash;­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—­weapon
s
—­implements—­government—­customs—­social
relations—­marriage—­no
menclature

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.

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