A unique study of early Aboriginal-white relations in the Western District of Victoria Jan Critchett challenges some of strongly held opinions about Aboriginal culture: that their only shelters were frail mia-mias, that they were nomadic and had no attachment to a particular area of land, and that they were simple hunters and gatherers. With a particular focus on the Western District of Victoria, known under the Squatting Act as Portland Bay, Critchett begins and ends the book with the story of Hissing Swan or Kaawirn ...
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A unique study of early Aboriginal-white relations in the Western District of Victoria Jan Critchett challenges some of strongly held opinions about Aboriginal culture: that their only shelters were frail mia-mias, that they were nomadic and had no attachment to a particular area of land, and that they were simple hunters and gatherers. With a particular focus on the Western District of Victoria, known under the Squatting Act as Portland Bay, Critchett begins and ends the book with the story of Hissing Swan or Kaawirn Kuunawarn.
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Add this copy of A Distant Field of Murder to cart. $27.87, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 1988 by Melbourne University.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo. xiv 303pp, index, bibliography, notes, appendices, bw ills, maps. Black cloth in jacket. Minor foxing to endpapers and page edges, light edge wear to jacket. Conflict between European settlers and Aborigines in south-western Victoria during the 1830s and 1840s-an immense human drama with consequences remaining with us to the present day.
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Very Good in Good dust jacket. 0522843891. KB41...xiv, 303 pp. Notes, bibliography, index. Illustrated with maps, plates, text figs. Octavo. Grey and white dust jacket with red/black lettering, with old bookstore sticker, now in Mylar, flaps intact, minor shelf wear. Book itself is clean and unmarked, good copy.; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 303 pages.
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Very Good Condition in Very Good jacket. 22.5cm x 14.5cm. xiv, 303 pages, [12] pages of black and white illustrations, black and white illustrations and maps in the text. Black cloth, gilt lettering, pictorial jacket. Very minor bump to crown fore-edge corner. Previous owner's name. Shipped Weight: .55 kilos. ISBN: 0522843891. ISBN/EAN: 9780522843897.
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VG+ in VG jacket. Signed by Author. VG+/VG. 8vo. original black boards (a trifle rubbed, some leaf edge spotting) in dustwrapper (little rubbed & nicked, slight sunning to spine); pp. xiv, 304 (last blank), with illustrations. A very good copy. Inscribed to title page by the author 'With best wishes, Janet F. Critchett'.
