AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATION ABORIGINAL

Narrative of an expedition, undertaken under the direction of the late Mr. Assistant Surveyor E. B. Kennedy, for the exploration of the country lying between Rockingham Bay and Cape York

Facsimile of original ed.: Sydney : Kemp and Fairfax, 1849. Also titled: William Carron’s Narrative of Kennedy’s Cape York Expedition

• vi, 97 [i.e. 125] p., [11] p. of plates (1 folded) : ill. (some col.), 1 map, ports. ; 23 cm.
• p.9; Method of catching fish; p.15-16; description of native camp, weapons, method of cooking, description of native ovens; Depredations & murder; p.48; types of food eaten; p.52-61; use of fire by Aborigines as a weapon, body painting and scarification, water containers; p.68-70; womens ornaments, food and hunting; p.74-76; suggestion of Malay or Murray Islander mixture; Appendix 1; narrative of Jackey-Jackey (Aboriginal Guide); Appendix 2; includes brief vocab of Cape York dialect.
• Appendices (p. [81]-[125]): — 1. The statement of the aboriginal native, Jackey Jackey, who accompanied Mr. Kennedy. — 2. The statement of Dr. Vallack and Captain Dobson, who rescued the survivors of the expedition. — 3. The statement of Captain Simpson, of the “Freak”, who proceeded in search of Mr. Kennedy’s papers, &c.
• First Nations (AIATSIS) Subject:
  • Art – Body art
  • Language – Vocabulary
  • Environment – Land management – Fire
  • Weapons
  • Habitation – Camps – Hearths, ovens, fireplaces etc
  • Technology – Containers – Water carriers
  • Body – Scarification
  • Settlement and contacts – Explorers
  • Food – Preparation – Cooking
  • Fishing
  • Mer / Murray Island (Qld TSI SC55-05)
  • Rockingham Bay (NE Qld SE55-10)
  • Cape York Peninsula (Qld SC54, SD54, SD55)
  • Kennedy, Edmund Besley Court, 1818-1848
  • Carron, William, 1823-1976
  • Queensland — Discovery and exploration
  • #221224
  • ex-library copy with very minor markings ( 1 stamp, tape residue on fep.)