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Beckoning West, The: The Story of H. S. Trotman and the Canning Stock Route

Smith, Eleanor, 1904-
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West Australiana. Canning Stock Route (W.A.) Appendix 4 gives list of native waters and bores and wells sunk by members of Canning Stock Route party in 1908-10; p.58; Art of tracking described; p.75; Sandals made by natives found at Roy Hill; description of corroboree – songmen, dancers bodies decorated with paint and glued on down; p.87; Cooking of kangaroo described; p.88; Treatment of injuries; p.90; Brief description of circumcision method at initiation ceremony; p.127; Painted caves at Killagurra noted; method of catching spinifex rats described. vii, 220 pages : 1 map ; 22 cm. #0621 (name on half-title.) Aboriginal Studies Indigenous

Trotman, H. S. (Hubert Stanslake), 1874-1965.  |  Canning, Alfred Wernam, 1860-1936.  |  Surveyors — Western Australia — Biography.  |  Surveying — Western Australia — History.  |  Western Australia — Discovery and exploration.  |  Canning Stock Route (W.A.) — History.

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AuthorSmith, Eleanor, 1904-
Number of pagesvii, 220 pages : 1 map ; 22 cm.
PublisherPerth, W.A. : St. George Books,
Year Published1985
Binding Type

Softcover

Book Condition

Near Fine

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