An account of the manners and customs of the Aborigines and the state of their relations with Europeans

Table of Contents

Chapter I.

PRELIMINARY REMARKS — UNJUST OPINIONS GENERALLY ENTERTAINED OF THE CHARACTER OF THE NATIVE — DIFFICULTIES AND DISADVANTAGES HE LABOURS UNDER IN HIS RELATIONS WITH EUROPEANS — AGGRESSIONS AND INJURIES ON THE PART OF THE LATTER IN GREAT DEGREE EXTENUATE HIS CRIMES

Chapter II.

PHYSICAL APPEARANCE — DRESS — CHARACTER — HABITS OF LIFE — MEETINGS OF TRIBES — WARS — DANCES — SONGS

Chapter III.

FOOD — HOW PROCURED — HOW PREPARED — LIMITATION AS TO AGE, etc.

Chapter IV.

PROPERTY IN LAND — DWELLINGS — WEAPONS — IMPLEMENTS — GOVERNMENT — CUSTOMS — SOCIAL RELATIONS — MARRIAGE — NOMENCLATURE

Chapter V.

CEREMONIES AND SUPERSTITIONS — FORMS OF BURIAL — MOURNING CUSTOMS — RELIGIOUS IDEAS — EMPIRICS, etc.

Chapter VI

NUMBERS — DISEASES — CAUSE OF LIMITED POPULATION — CRIMES AGAINST EUROPEANS — AMONGST THEMSELVES — TREATMENT OF EACH OTHER IN DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD, etc.

Chapter VII.

LANGUAGE, DIALECTS, CUSTOMS, etc. — GENERAL SIMILARITY THROUGHOUT THE CONTINENT — CAUSES OF DIFFERENCES — ROUTE BY WHICH THE NATIVES HAVE OVERSPREAD THE COUNTRY, etc.

Chapter VIII.

EFFECTS OF CONTACT WITH EUROPEANS — ATTEMPTS AT IMPROVEMENT AND CIVILIZATION — ACCOUNT OF SCHOOLS — DEFECTS OF THE SYSTEM

Chapter IX.

SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF SYSTEM ADOPTED TOWARDS THE NATIVES

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Appendix.

Explanation of the plates of native ornaments, weapons, implements, and works of industry

LIST OF PLATES.

• Tenberry, with Wife and Child, drawn by G. Hamilton
• Plate I.—Native Ornaments
• Kangaroo Dance of King George’s Sound, J. Neill
• Woodcut of a Standard used in the Dances performed by day
• Plate II. Native Weapons
• Plate III. Native Weapons
• Plate IV. Native Implements
• Plate V. Native Works of Industry
• Mode of disposing of the Dead of the Lower Murray
• Murray River at Moorunde
• Plate VI. Miscellaneous Native Articles

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