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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, ©2013.
Publication Info. ©2013

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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 (Aborigènes) -- 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

 
    
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