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Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, G. Bell & Sons, By flood and field : adventures ashore and afloat in North Australia, 1912
Factual account of life in the Northern Territory in the late 19th century; - 1st section - Authors adventures as a shipwrecked mariner at Wark Aboriginal Settlement and Port Essington; 2nd section - Detailed narrative of the authors work & explorations as a customs official and as a patrol police officer, stationed at Port Darwin; Description of Malays and their trading ventures by proas; Relations between Malays and Aborigines employment of latter in collecting, trepangs, pearls, tortoise-shells - physical and cultural influences (e.g. intermixture, and language) feuds and murders; Notes on food gathering and hunting (use of wommera) - tracking - corroborrees settling of disputes by simulated fighting - group murder and guilt rites (Malays and Chinese), canoes decorated - Maria Is. sacred burial ground qualities of Aborigines; noted; Intertribal fighting - Woolna tribe against local Darwin Aborigines; Cannibalism at Limba Luchumbo - King River; Contact between Aborigines and settlers, ranging from extreme cruelty to great friendships; Aboriginal girls stolen for domestic work causing trouble; Further accounts of Chinese - opium & gold smuggling; Search for Dylompo - Groote Eylandt unsuccessful.Ill, p.327.non-fictionFactual account of life in the Northern Territory in the late 19th century; - 1st section - Authors adventures as a shipwrecked mariner at Wark Aboriginal Settlement and Port Essington; 2nd section - Detailed narrative of the authors work & explorations as a customs official and as a patrol police officer, stationed at Port Darwin; Description of Malays and their trading ventures by proas; Relations between Malays and Aborigines employment of latter in collecting, trepangs, pearls, tortoise-shells - physical and cultural influences (e.g. intermixture, and language) feuds and murders; Notes on food gathering and hunting (use of wommera) - tracking - corroborrees settling of disputes by simulated fighting - group murder and guilt rites (Malays and Chinese), canoes decorated - Maria Is. sacred burial ground qualities of Aborigines; noted; Intertribal fighting - Woolna tribe against local Darwin Aborigines; Cannibalism at Limba Luchumbo - King River; Contact between Aborigines and settlers, ranging from extreme cruelty to great friendships; Aboriginal girls stolen for domestic work causing trouble; Further accounts of Chinese - opium & gold smuggling; Search for Dylompo - Groote Eylandt unsuccessful. northern australia - description and travel, northern australia - economic relations -
Marysville & District Historical SocietyDocument (item) - Research Document, Judith Vimpani, Mary Ann Rolfe, Johnes, Chester, Wreden, 2020
An account of the lives of Mary Ann Rolfe, Mary Ann Johns, Mary Ann Chester and Mary Ann Wreden whose descendants are local to Marysville and the district.An account of the lives of Mary Ann Rolfe, Mary Ann Johns, Mary Ann Chester and Mary Ann Wreden whose descendants are local to Marysville and the district.mary ann rolfe, mary ann johnes, mary ann chester, mary ann wreden, william james chester, willam edward chester, golden bower goldmine, marysville district, johns, burchall, wreden, john rolf, johns hayes, ellen hayes, john farrell, ellen farrell, thomas rolf, susannah johnstone, warwickshire, england, eltham, isabel rolfe, david rolfe, warwick assizes, van dieman's land, 'tortoise', hobart, melbourne, ann luskets, harriett thomas smith, louisa thomas mason, 'south carolina', liverpool, george rolfe, joseph rolfe, william rolfe, edwin rolfe, 'medway', keilor valley, yarra flats, yarra glen, st george's church hobart, george johnson, sarah johnson, jeremiah hayes, bridget hayes, 'arabian', lower plenty, john ruff, bridget ruff, charles ruff, narbethong, buxton, catherine maria kirwan, hinrick wreden, henry wreden, wilkin wreden, healesville cemetery, charles wreden, cumberland creek, maria chester, william chester, george ernest locke, annie maria walker, carl wriden, jane wreden, edward leeder, anna rebecca helena wreden, norman jeffries, adelaide jeffries, 'orient' -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps MuseumDecorative object - Tortoise shell ornament
Lotte Mueller was 16 years old when her parents were interned. Her father was a German Woolbuyer living in Sydney. She was left alone for several months before she was able to join her family in Camp 3Oval shaped ornament/brooch with scalloped edge. An opal has been inserted in the centre with etched lines symbolising the rising sun. A silver native figure holding a boomerang is to the right. A small silver look chain is attached to the top.mueller, hoopman, camp 3, woolbuyer, tatura
