Friendly Mission: The Tasmanian Journals and Papers, 1829-1834Papers touch on all aspects of Aboriginal life; relationship with sealers, amusements and games, drawings, rock carvings, songs, chants and dances, information on language, grammars and vocabularies, gestures; personal adornment, ochre and ochre deposits; physical characteristics, mental ability, tools, weapons etc., water transport, fire making; foods, hunting; death customs, social and family life, spiritual beliefs, migrations and movements of tribes, middens, native wells; Aboriginal place names in Tasmania, causes of extinction of natives; map shows distribution of tribes with list; list of Aborigines, sealers. |
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The Bruny Island mission 1829 | 49 |
western and northwestern tribes JanuaryOctober 1830 | 111 |
Expedition to the northeastern | 242 |
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aboriginal females absconded accompanied appeared arrived Arthur Arthur River bark beach Big River tribe boat Brune bush called Campbell Town Cape Grim Cape Portland Captain chief Circular Head Clucas coast Colonial Secretary Cottrell coxswain crossed Curr cutter descried despatches dogs encampment expedition fire flour forest gave George Town Governor Gun Carriage halted Hazy weather hills Hobart Town hunting informed journey kangaroo killed land Launceston letter Macquarie Harbour MANNALARGENNA McGeary McKay miles morning Mount Cameron mountain mutton birds native women night ordered party Pieman River Piper River plains Pleasant weather throughout Point Port Davey Port Sorell proceed proceeded quest returned Robinson rocks sandy sealers seen sent settlement smoke spears Stansfield supplies Swan Island Sydney natives Tasmanian throughout this day told took track travelling trees UMARRAH vessel walked westward whilst whole wife woman wood WOORRADY