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
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 Edited Book
- Author(s): Salvado, Dom Rosendo , Storman, E. J.
- Secondary Author(s): Storman, E. J.
- Published: 1977
- Publisher: University of Western Australia Press
- ISBN: 0855641142
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
- Urls: http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8489598?q=The+Salvado+Memoirs&c=book&sort=holdings+desc&_=1370516192699&versionId=43728446
- Publisher Location: Perth
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Salvado, Dom Rosendo , Storman, E. J. ,
1977,
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,
Edited Book,
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