The Salvado Memoirs : historical memoirs of Australia particularly of the Benedictine Mission of New Norcia and of the habits and customs of the Australian natives

Abstract:

First published in Italian in 1851; account of first contact with Aborigines and abortive attempts to found missions; fighting among Aborigines; foundation of New Norcia; place of Aborigines among races of the world; religious beliefs; language (with vocabulary list of two dialects at New Norcia); music; social organization; body ornamentation; Material culture especially weapons; hunting methods and native foods (plant, insect, etc.); native medicine and sorcery; [Tribes are Juet and Balardong identified in an Appendix by R.M. Berndt q.v. for annotation] Contents Western Australia: the origin and development of the Benedictine mission to the natives The Australian natives Australia and its natural history The colonization of Australia

Notes:

by Rosendo Salvado : translated and edited by E.J. Storman