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1 online resource (xi, 272 pages) |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. Pierre Chanel of Futuna (1803-1841) : the making of a saint -- 2. The Sinclairs of Pigeon Bay, or 'The prehistory of the Robinsons of Ni'ihau' : an essay in historiography, or 'tales their mother told them' -- 3. Insular eminence : Cardinal Moran (1830-1911) and the Pacific Islands -- 4. Constance Frederica Gordon-Cumming (1837-1924) : traveller, author, painter -- 5. Niels Peter Sorensen (1848-1935) : the story of a criminal adventurer -- 6. John Strasburg (1856-1924) : a plain sailor -- 7. Ernest Frederick Hughes Allen (1867-1924) : South Seas trader -- 8. Beatrice Grimshaw (1870-1953) : pride and prejudice in Papua -- 9. W.J. Watriama (c. 1880-1925) : pretender and patriot, (or, 'a blackman's defence of white Australia') -- 10. Lucy Evelyn Cheesman (1881-1969) : traveller, writer, scientist -- 11. Donald Gilbert Kennedy (1898-1967) : an outsider in the colonial service -- 12. George Bogese (1904-1959) : 'just a bloody traitor?' -- 13. Hector MacQuarrie (1889-1973) : traveller, writer, friend of Vouza -- 14. Patrick O'Reilly (1900-1988) : bibliographer of the Pacific. |
| Summary |
Watriama and Co (the title echoes Kipling's Stalky and Co!) is a collection of biographical essays about people associated with the Pacific Islands. |
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English. |
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Watriama, William Jacob, 1880?-1925.
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Watriama, William Jacob, 1880?-1925.
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Pacific Islanders -- Biography.
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Islands of the Pacific -- History.
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Océaniens -- Biographies.
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Pacifique, Îles du -- Histoire.
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Australasian and Pacific history.
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Colonialism and imperialism.
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History.
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History: specific events and topics.
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Humanities.
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Regional and national history.
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HISTORY -- Asia -- Southeast Asia.
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Pacific Islanders
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Pacific Ocean -- Islands of the Pacific
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pacific region history. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Laracy, Hugh. Watriama and Co. Acton, A.C.T. ANU E PRESS, 2013 9781921666322 (OCoLC)848789061 |
| ISBN |
9781921666339 (electronic bk.) |
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1921666331 (electronic bk.) |
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1921666323 |
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9781921666322 |
| Standard No. |
10.26530/OAPEN_459999 doi |
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AU@ 000051619779 |
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AU@ 000053046151 |
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GBVCP 1008658812 |
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GBVCP 865751501 |
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NZ1 15350638 |
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AU@ 000068987326 |
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AU@ 000071215235 |
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