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Souvenirs d'un squatter francais en Australie (colonie de Victoria)

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Title
Souvenirs d'un squatter francais en Australie (colonie de Victoria)
Subject
Australia--Description and travel
Aboriginal Australians--Australia
Economic conditions
Gold mines and mining--History
Victoria--History
New South Wales--History
Melbourne (Vic.)
Personal narratives
French language--Writing
Pictures
Category
1. Settlement
Author
De Castella, Hubert
Keywords
Livestock
Current holder
National Library of Australia
Date
1861
Link
http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-366612992
Item number
2454676
Access rights
Digitised
Rights
Out of Copyright.
Country of origin
France
Language
French
Description from source
p. 81-128 : ill., 1 map ; 31 cm. In Le tour du monde: nouveau journal des voyages. Vol. 3.

Text is an extract from de Castella's forthcoming book, Les squatters Australiens (Paris : Hachette et Cie, 1861), but this article is copiously illustrated, whereas the book is unillustrated. Includes accounts of the Victorian goldfields, life at Dalry and Yering Station (east of Melbourne) including discussion of the local Aborigines, and a trip through western New South Wales visiting the grazing lands along the Namoi, Lachlan and Darling Rivers; includes engravings of drawings of Victorian Aboriginal people by Riou from photographs : scenes depict bark shelters, skin cloaks, corroborees; a camp; hunting scene on Murray River.
Physical format
Books
Pictures
Bibliographic citation
<p><a href="https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/NSKAIRVB/">https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/NSKAIRVB/</a></p>