Twentieh Century Impressions of Western AustraliaP. 178-182 : describes in detail physical characteristics of Western Australian Aborigines; belief in sorcery; marriage customs; division of labour; nomadism; habitation; indolence; hunting, gathering and fishing, cannibalism; weapons; fighting; body decorations; clothing; mortuary customs; corroborees; Social welfare provided by the Aborigines Dept; Collection of Aboriginal implements and weapons for sale to the public and free distribution to museums; encouragement of Aborigines to make artefacts to provide an income; Work of Henry C. Prinsep, Chief Protector of Aborigines; Includes photographs of Aboriginal women from Northam, Coolgardie; Ashburton; men from Beagle Bay, Derby, Broome, Yalgoo, Fitzroy River; photos depict scarring, clay headdress for mourning; hair belts; shell necklaces; nose sticks. |
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... town lots being taken up in Perth and Fre- mantle . Old colonists will be inter- ested to note that the first allottees in Perth were F. C. Irwin , John B. Witte- noom , May Hodges , George Leake , and P. P. Smith . The first holders of ...
... town lots being taken up in Perth and Fre- mantle . Old colonists will be inter- ested to note that the first allottees in Perth were F. C. Irwin , John B. Witte- noom , May Hodges , George Leake , and P. P. Smith . The first holders of ...
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... town- ship of Hopetoun . He took a prominent rart in the agitation which occurred during the eighties for the introduction of Responsible Government , and in con- ncction with this movement he took the platform at Albany on one occasion ...
... town- ship of Hopetoun . He took a prominent rart in the agitation which occurred during the eighties for the introduction of Responsible Government , and in con- ncction with this movement he took the platform at Albany on one occasion ...
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... town his father was chief magistrate . Early in life he was sent to Clifton College , and on leaving school he adopted civil en- gineering as his profession . Owing , however , to declining health a change of climate became imperative ...
... town his father was chief magistrate . Early in life he was sent to Clifton College , and on leaving school he adopted civil en- gineering as his profession . Owing , however , to declining health a change of climate became imperative ...
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... town in the year 1859. He was educated first in his native town , and afterwards spent twelve months at the Moravian school at Neuwied , on the Rhine , Germany ; and completed his scholastic career at the Wesley College , Sheffield . On ...
... town in the year 1859. He was educated first in his native town , and afterwards spent twelve months at the Moravian school at Neuwied , on the Rhine , Germany ; and completed his scholastic career at the Wesley College , Sheffield . On ...
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... town of Airdrin , Scotland , where , at the early age of ten , he went to work underground . He became an active member of the Lanarkshire Miners ' Union , and was a member of Cunningham Graham's committee when the leader of the ...
... town of Airdrin , Scotland , where , at the early age of ten , he went to work underground . He became an active member of the Lanarkshire Miners ' Union , and was a member of Cunningham Graham's committee when the leader of the ...
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