The Coming of the British to Australia, 1788 to 1829Describes relations with Aborigines from first contact with the expedition of Phillip through to later contact and relations in Bathurst region from 1824; Based on unacknowledged secondary sources; Includes 19th century European-style representations of Aboriginal art apparently executed on the basis of descriptions contained in dispatches and letters. |
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