 Cunningham commented70 how is it that the abject animal state in which [aboriginals] live . . . should place them at the very zero of civilization, constituting in a measure the connecting link between man and the monkey tribe? — for really some of...  Two Years in New South Wales - Page 42by Peter Miller Cunningham - 1827Full view - About this book
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...civilisation, constituting in a measure the connecting link between man and the monkey tribe I—for really some of the old women only seem to require...not, for the life of me, distinguish the difference. The quick and hurried movements and gestures of many of our natives, seem indeed closely allied to... | |
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...be "the connecting link between man and the monkey tribe?" asked the naval surgeon Peter Cunningham. "Really some of the old women only seem to require...not, for the life of me, distinguish the difference." Another writer likewise suggested that the Aborigines of Van Diemen's Land "may almost be said to form... | |
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