Serpentine, The : A History of the Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale

WEST AUSTRALIANA Local History Aboriginal

A History of the Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale, the Nyungar community; population estimate and local group distribution; fire-stick farming and pathways; seasonal economy and communal gatherings; brief contact history; early exploration and settlement.

• xii, 268 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 23 cm. (Sound ex-library copy with usual markings.)
• Settlement and contacts – Explorers
• Environment – Land management – Fire
• Settlement and contacts – Colonisation – 1788-1850
• Environment – Climate and weather – Seasons
• Technology – Wood – Fire sticks
• Settlement and contacts
• Hunting, gathering and fishing
• Noongar / Nyungar / Nyungah people (W41) (WA SI50)
• Wajuk people (W9) (WA SI50-02)
• Jarrahdale (SW WA SI50-02)
• Serpentine River (SW WA SI50-02)

170215/0518/0520/190924 First Edition.

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