191p.; vocab. list; The author arrived in Victoria at the age of 10 years in 1839. His family gave their name to the Victorian town. He and his brother settled at 'Tyntynder' outside Swan Hill in 1845. His brother was killed by Aborigines. Brought into daily contact with the Aborigines of the area he gradually acquired their language and was permitted to learn much denied to other whites. By 1883 he had amassed a large amount of information which he put into the form of a Paper, read before the Royal Society of New South Wales. This paper may be regarded as the skeleton of the volume now publishjed. Victoria -- RiverinaAboriginals, Victoria -Swan Hill region. Lifestyle; customs and beliefs. Tyntynder(Vic)Aboriginals - Murray River tribes; language; magic; religion and practices.aboriginal australians -- victoria. | aboriginal australians -- murray river valley (n.s.w.-s.a.)

xxxiv, 221 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.The Beveridge family of Tyntynder were early settlers. The author was in daily contact with the Aboriginals of the Swan Hill and Murray River tribes, acquired their language and learned much of their customs. His writings were published after his death and this volume contains illustrations from Smyth's Aborigines of Victoria and Garran's Picturesque Atlas of Australasia. It also has biographical notes on Peter Beveridge and others.aboriginal australians -- victoria. | aboriginal australians -- murray river valley (n.s.w.-s.a.) | aboriginals - murray river vocabulary.