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Book - Book of Early Western District Aboriginal Languages and Culture, Griffin Press Limited. South Australia, Australian Aborigines, 1981
... ...Western District Aborigines 19th century...The book describes the customs, culture and day-to-day life of the aborigines living in the 19th century in the Western District (areas around Port Fairy, Warrnambool, Mortlake, and Camperdown) with ten dialects identified with these peoples. ...Aborigines. He died in 1900 and is remembered for his concern for the welfare of the aboriginal people, his criticism of their treatment and his writings on their culture and language. This book, a facsimile of a seminal work from the 19th century, is of considerable interest as its contents are of continuing value to researchers. James Dawson's book 'Australian Aborigines' Western District ...
Description of Western District Aborigines and a dictionary of three of their languages
This is a book of 112 pages of text plus 104 pages of aboriginal words and their meanings. The green cover has a gold image of an aboriginal hunter on the front cover and gold printing and a floral image on the spine. The pages contain printed text and some sepia-coloured photographs. non-fictionDescription of Western District Aborigines and a dictionary of three of their languagesjames dawson's book 'australian aborigines', western district aborigines 19th century
