Go to archive

Memoires historiques sur l'Australie, et particulierement sur la mission de la Nouvelle-Nursie

Text

Title
Memoires historiques sur l'Australie, et particulierement sur la mission de la Nouvelle-Nursie
Subject
Missionary settlements
Aboriginal Australians--Australia--Western Australia
Aboriginal Australians--Health and hygiene
Australia--Social life and customs
Gold mines and mining
Government
Category
1. Settlement
Author
Salvado, Rosendo
Publisher
Alphonse Pringuet
Place of Publication
Paris
Keywords
Housing
childhood
Religion
Current holder
National Library of Australia
Date
January 1, 1854
Link
https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/622596
Item number
622596
Access rights
Request at location
Rights
Out of Copyright
Country of origin
France
Place
New Norcia
Language
French
Description from source
xii, 443 pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : map ; 23 cm.

History of New Norcia; religious beliefs of natives, racial comparisons (theory of origin), social organization, disputes, law and government, property rights, cosmology, music and dancing, description of rituals, sexual dichotomy in rituals, mens and womens dances; childbirth reasons for infanticide, fathers relationship with children, education of sons, treatment of old people; marriage laws, elopement, punishment; sleeping arrangements - segregation of sexes; clothing & bodily decoration, ornaments, nose piercing; tools and weapons; uses and manufacture; shelters, making of huts; food collecting and hunting, type of plants used for food; general camp life, etiquette, vengeance; illnesses and treatment; doctors, sorcery, mortuary rites, disposal of dead; languages, vocabulary of east & north of area (12 p.)
Physical format
Books
Bibliographic citation
https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/Q9VALED9/