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Author

Furphy, Sam.

Title Edward M. Curr and the tide of history / Samuel Furphy.

Imprint	Canberra, A.C.T. : Australian National University E Press, Š2013.
Publication Info.	Š2013

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe JSTOR Open Ebooks	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	1 online resource (xvi, 229 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
	text txt rdacontent
	computer c rdamedia
	online resource cr rdacarrier
	data file
Series	Aboriginal history monograph, 1324-7018 ; no. 26
	Aboriginal history monograph series ; no. 26.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references.
Note	Print version record.
Contents	Preliminary; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Prologue: 'Claim sunk by pen of a swordsman'; 1. From Sheffield to Van Diemen's Land; 2. 'Troubles of a Beginner'; 3. 'A Station Formed at Tongala'; 4. Claiming the Moira; 5. Decline and Fall; 6. Rebuilding a Reputation; 7. Recollections of Squatting; 8. 'The native is a child'; 9. The Australian Race; 10. Ethnographic Rivalries; 11. 'My sable neighbours'; 12. The Tide of History; Epilogue: 'The Ghost of Edward Curr'; Bibliography; Index.
Summary	Edward M. Curr (1820-89) was a pastoralist, horse trader, stock inspector, Aboriginal administrator, author and ethnologist.
Language	English.
Subject	Curr, Edward M. (Edward Micklethwaite), 1820-1889.
	Authors, Australian -- Biography.
	Frontier and pioneer life -- Australia -- Victoria.
	Aboriginal Australians -- Land tenure.
	Native title (Australia)
	Yorta Yorta (Australian people)
	Écrivains australiens -- Biographies.
	Australiens (Aborigčnes) -- Terres.
	Autochtones -- Titres de propriété -- Australie.
	Australasian and Pacific history.
	Ethnic studies.
	History.
	Humanities.
	Indigenous peoples.
	Regional and national history.
	Social groups.
	Society and culture: general.
	Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
	Aboriginal Australians -- Land tenure
	Authors, Australian
	Frontier and pioneer life
	Native title (Australia)
	Victoria https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QbtfRDdrtgyXybc3cCkCJ9c
Indexed Term	Australian history
	Indigenous studies
Genre/Form	Biographies
Other Form:	Print version 9781922144706 (OCoLC)825017066
ISBN	9781922144713 (electronic bk.)
	1922144711 (electronic bk.)
	9781922144706 (pbk.)
	1922144703 (pbk.)
Standard No.	10.26530/OAPEN_459903 doi
	AU@ 000059668051
	GBVCP 1008662062
	GBVCP 86575375X