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Author
Smyth, R. Brough [also Chauncy, Philip; Bidley, William; Le Souef, Albert A. C. ; Howitt, Alfred W.; Davis, John Moore; Locke, William; Greeves, Augustus F. A.; G. B. Halford.]
Title
The Aborigines of Victoria : with notes realating to the habits of the natives of other parts of Australia and Tasmania [Vol.2]
Volume
vol. 2 of 2
Imprint
Government Printer, Melbourne, 1878, i-vi, 1-455 pp
Url
https://openlibrary.org/books/OL23539869M/
Description

Volume 2 includes 9 Appendices, a section on the Aborigines of Tasmania, and an index to both volume 1 and 2.

Appendices:
A. Notes and Anecdotes of the Aborigines of Australia, Philip Chauncy, pp.221-284;
B. Traditions of the Australian Aborigines on the Namoi, Barwan, and other Tributaries of the Darling, Rev. William Bidley pp.285-288;
C. Notes on the Natives of Australia, Albert A. C. Le Souef, pp289-299;
D. Notes on the Aborigines of Cooper's Creek, Alfred W. Howitt, pp.300-309;
E. Notes relating to the Aborigines of Australia, the late John Moore Davis, pp.310-322;
F. Notes on the System of Consanguinity and Kinship of the Brabrolong Tribe, North Gippsland, Alfred W. Howitt, pp.323-332;
G. Notes on the Language and Customs of the Tribe inhabiting the country known as Kotoopna, William Locke, pp.333-335;
H. Hunting the Blacks, late Augustus F. A. Greeves (1844-5) , pp.336-339;
I. The Crania of the Natives, Prof. Halford, Melbourne University, pp.340-378;

Section:
* The Aborigines of Tasmania, pp.379-434;

* Index pp.435 - 455.

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