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The good country : Cranbourne Shire
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TitleThe good country : Cranbourne Shire Personal AuthorGunson, Niel, 1930-; Key, Leslie, joint authorDescriptionWestern Port Bay tribes killed by sealers before pastoral settlement; origin theories, legends of Lun, bunyip & too-roo-dun; inter-tribal etiquette; tribes & sub tribes, common dialect; Buckley states Bunurong tribe attacked by Woiwurong & sealers 1840; Kulin - body decoration, clothing, tooth avulsion; moieties, marriage; male children of chief received special treatment at birth; settlement of disputes, hostilities, cannibalism; notes on tribal war 1838; cruelty in obtaining kidney fat; Aborigines - settlers relationships; cooking possum; middens at Red Bluff; ovens found Tooradin; catching eels; diorite quarry - Mount William (Wurundjeri) used for trading; camps, native wells; burial, legend & associated sites of Bunjil; initiation, place of medicine man in tribe; increase rites; tracking; 6 words with translation; notes on Tasmanian women & sealers; p.36-37; Medical treatment; Truganini wounded in capture of natives from Flinders Island; p.67; Effect of contact - drunkenness, assault.Physical characteristicsxviii, 308 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm.LanguageEnglishAccess restrictionsFor use in library only - available to be viewed at Frankston Library (60 Playne Street Frankston VIC 3199)Dewey NumberLH 994.52 GUN
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ImprintMelbourne : F.W. Cheshire, 1968.LocalityVictoria
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The good country : Cranbourne Shire . Heritage Frankston, accessed 22/01/2026, https://heritage.frankston.vic.gov.au/nodes/view/6814
