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Mankind. [Uniform Title:Mankind (Sydney, N.S.W.)]

Author: Anthropological Society of New South Wales.

Holdings: 1931-1989.

Format: Journal

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Mining and indigenous peoples in Australasia / edited by John Connell and Richard Howitt.

Author: Howitt, R.; Connell, John, 1946-; Howitt, Richard.

Year: 1991.

Format: Book

Includes index.

Location	Call no	Status	Year	Volume
Main Library Open Access	D305.89/MIN/MAIN	Available

The Aborigines of Victoria : with notes relating to the habits of the natives of other parts of Australia and Tasmania / compiled from various sources for the Government of Victoria by R. Brough Smyth.

Author: Smyth, R. Brough (Robert Brough), 1830-1889.; Smyth, R. Brough (Robert Brough), 1830-1889.; Ward, Melbourne, 1903-1966, former owner.

Year: 1878.

Format: Rare Book

Produced in two large volumes, Robert Brough Smyth has collected information on various tribes and their customs, as well as their physical and mental character; birth and education of children; marriage; death and burial of the

dead; daily lives of the natives; food; diseases; dress and personal ornaments; weapons; implements and manufacturers; nets and fish hooks; methods of producing fire; canoes and myths. Smyth also devotes about two hundred pages to Aboriginal languages, as well as including details and customs of the aborigines in Tasmania. Complete with hundreds of sketches, the work is still a valuable resource not only for those with in an interest in aboriginal culture, but also those wanting to know the early history of Australia.

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Location	Call no	Status	Year	Volume
Rare Books	RB D305.89915/SMY/RARE BOOKS	Available	1878	II
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Rare Books	RB D305.89915/SMY/RARE BOOKS	Available	1878	I
Rare Books	RB D305.89915/SMY/RARE BOOKS	Available	1878	I

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