| Description |
1 online resource (xxix, 213 pages) : maps |
| Series |
Historical dictionaries of peoples and cultures ; no. 11
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Historical dictionaries of people and cultures ; no. 11.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Editor's Foreword; Acknowledgments; Note on Orthography; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Maps; Chronology; Introduction; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; W; X; Y; Bibliography; About the Authors. |
| Summary |
The Australian Aborigines first arrived on the continent at least 60,000 years ago. They almost certainly landed on the northwest coast by sea from the nearby islands of the Indonesian archipelago. That first arrival may have been replicated many times over. The following exploration and settlement of a vast and varied continent was a venture of heroic proportions. The new settlers had reached southern Tasmania, the point farthest from the original landfall at least 30,000 years ago. By the early 17th century, when the first European seafarers arrived in Australian waters, the Aboriginal natio. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Aboriginal Australians -- History -- Dictionaries.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Dictionaries.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. |
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Aboriginal Australians. |
| Genre/Form |
Dictionaries.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Johnson, Murray, 1956-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rolls, Mitchell, 1960- Historical dictionary of Australian Aborigines. Lanham : Scarecrow Press, 2011 9780810859975 (DLC) 2010037785 (OCoLC)664259201 |
| ISBN |
9780810874756 (electronic bk.) |
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081087475X (electronic bk.) |
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9780810859975 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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0810859971 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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