The Aborigines of Victoria : with notes relating to the habits of the natives of other parts of Australia and Tasmania / compiled from various sources for the Government of Victoria by R. Brough Smyth.
Title
The Aborigines of Victoria : with notes relating to the habits of the natives of other parts of Australia and Tasmania / compiled from various sources for the Government of Victoria by R. Brough Smyth.
Creator
Smyth, R. Brough (Robert Brough), 1830-1889.
Publisher
Melbourne : Govt. Printer
Date
1878
Extent
2 volumes : illustrations, maps
Spatial Coverage
28 cm
Type
text
Language
English
Description
Includes bibliographical references.
Bound in contemporary half crushed morocco with blind tooling on leather elements and with raised bands and gold tooling on spine
Provenance
Ex libris: James Alipius Goold
Subject
Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs.
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Victoria.
Aboriginal Australians -- Victoria.
Aboriginal Tasmanians.
Identifier
306.0899915 S6678 TAOV 1878
Temporal Coverage
19th century
Coverage
Australia
Rights
Copyright expired
Relation
Abstract
Produced in two large volumes, Robert Brough Smyth has collected information on various tribes and their customs, as well as their physical and mental character; birth and education of children; marriage; death and burial of the dead; daily lives of the natives; food; diseases; dress and personal ornaments; weapons; implements and manufacturers; nets and fish hooks; methods of producing fire; canoes and myths. Smyth also devotes about two hundred pages to Aboriginal languages, as well as including details and customs of the aborigines in Tasmania. Complete with hundreds of sketches, the work is still a valuable resource not only for those with in an interest in aboriginal culture, but also those wanting to know the early history of Australia.
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Bibliographic Citation
Ferguson, J.A. Bibliography of Australia, 15882
Binding materials & treatment
Blind tooled bindings (Binding)
Gold tooled bindings (Binding)
Paper types
Wove papers (Paper)
Machine-made papers (Paper)
Provenance evidence
Donors' copies (Provenance)
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Collection
Citation
Smyth, R. Brough (Robert Brough), 1830-1889., “The Aborigines of Victoria : with notes relating to the habits of the natives of other parts of Australia and Tasmania / compiled from various sources for the Government of Victoria by R. Brough Smyth.,” Archbishop Goold Special Collection, accessed July 28, 2021, https://gooldlibrary.omeka.net/items/show/71.