Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-west and Western Australia: During the Years 1837, 38, and 39, Under the Authority of Her Majesty's Government. Describing Many Newly Discovered, Important, and Fertile Districts, with Observations on the Moral and Physical Condition of the Aboriginal Inhabitants, &c., &c, Volume 2 |
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Page 204
... great similarity of character between them and the Americans , and it is inconceivable in how short a period of time such a change is brought about . THE ABORIGINES . CHAPTER IX . NATIVE LANGUAGE . RADICALLY 204 DIFFUSION OF EMIGRATION .
... great similarity of character between them and the Americans , and it is inconceivable in how short a period of time such a change is brought about . THE ABORIGINES . CHAPTER IX . NATIVE LANGUAGE . RADICALLY 204 DIFFUSION OF EMIGRATION .
Page 205
... Newly Discovered, Important, and Fertile Districts, with Observations on the Moral and Physical Condition of the Aboriginal Inhabitants, &c., &c George Grey. THE ABORIGINES . CHAPTER IX . NATIVE LANGUAGE . RADICALLY THE SAME THROUGHOUT.
... Newly Discovered, Important, and Fertile Districts, with Observations on the Moral and Physical Condition of the Aboriginal Inhabitants, &c., &c George Grey. THE ABORIGINES . CHAPTER IX . NATIVE LANGUAGE . RADICALLY THE SAME THROUGHOUT.
Page 208
... aborigines of Australia abounds in synonymes , many of which are , for a time , altogether local ; so that , for instance , the inhabitants of a particular district will use one word for water , whilst those of a neighbouring district ...
... aborigines of Australia abounds in synonymes , many of which are , for a time , altogether local ; so that , for instance , the inhabitants of a particular district will use one word for water , whilst those of a neighbouring district ...
Page 209
... aborigines in different portions of Australia is , that those of districts widely removed from one another , sometimes assimilate very closely , whilst the dialects spoken in the intermediate ones differ considerably from either of them ...
... aborigines in different portions of Australia is , that those of districts widely removed from one another , sometimes assimilate very closely , whilst the dialects spoken in the intermediate ones differ considerably from either of them ...
Page 216
... aborigines . This being admitted , two other questions will arise . How were they disseminated over the continent ? and At what period , and from what quarter , did they arrive upon it ? CHAPTER X. THEIR TRADITIONAL LAWS . ERRORS OF ...
... aborigines . This being admitted , two other questions will arise . How were they disseminated over the continent ? and At what period , and from what quarter , did they arrive upon it ? CHAPTER X. THEIR TRADITIONAL LAWS . ERRORS OF ...
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