A History of the Colony of Victoria: From Its Discovery to Its Absorption Into the Commonwealth of Australia, Volume 1V.1. Survey party from the Cumberland encountered Aborigines without hostility (at present Melbourne site); survey party from the Calcutta meet hostile natives area of Port Phillip Bay; Hume & Hovells overland journey through Victoria; Captain Sturts voyage on the Murray, meeting with natives; Tasmanian Black War, part played by Batman; reason for fear & cruelty of Tasmanian settlers towards natives; Batmans treaty with Port Phillip Aborigines over land ownership; attitude of settlers of the Yarra district; assessment of Aborigines before European invasion, vitality, health etc.; intertribal warfare & revenge killings; effect of colonization on tribes. |
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