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Book Description Hardback. 1987, Reprint. A fine, unmarked copy in a fine d/w. Scans available if required. Seller Inventory # 20898652
Book Description Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. xix, 366pp, index, bibliography, glossary, notes, bw ills, maps. Or brown cloth in jacket. Jacket faded on spine and edges of rear panel, otherwise as new. A balanced account of the Aboriginals of the subtropical coast at the time of their earliest contact with the white man. The region the author describes in centred on Brisbane, extending along the coast from Fraser Island to Evans head in NSW and inland to the Great Dividing Range covering some 20 tribal regions. Draws on early eyewitness accounts, photographs, place-nmaes, languages, legends, archaeology and museum collections in the US and UK, as well as Australia. Size: 4to. Seller Inventory # 050382