Colony of Western Australia, The: A Manual for Emigrants 1839

WEST AUSTRALIANA Aboriginal

Facsimile Edition. First published, London: James Fraser, 1839 (Ferguson, 2819). #150424

• xii,298,xivp., 2 leaves of plates, [2]p. of plates ; 23cm. (No dustjacket.)

• Clothing; general way of living; institution formed at Mt Eliza; Effect of white contact; Implements and weapons; Funeral ceremonies and mourning; Foods and hunting; Cooking; Vocabularies of Monera Downs, Van Diemen’s Land (J. Lhotsky); Adelaide (R. Brown), King George’s Sound (Scott Nind); Names of natives in Van Diemen’s Land.

• Western Australia. Description & travel, 1839. Early works
• Costume and clothing
• Weapons
• Settlement and contacts – Colonisation – 1788-1850
• Death – Mourning
• Food – Preparation – Cooking
• Language – Vocabulary – Word lists
• Western Australia — Description and travel — To 1850
• Albany / King George Sound (SW WA SI50-11, SI50-15)
• Monaro (S NSW SI55-16, SJ55-14)
• Goonininup / Mount Eliza / Swan Brewery (Perth SW WA SH50-14)
• Tasmania (Tas)
• Western Australia (WA)
• Adelaide (SE SA SI54-09)