Contested Country: A History of the Northcliffe Area of Western Australia

WEST AUSTRALIANA Aboriginal Agriculture –

First chapters explore Aboriginal links to land based mainly on historical sources; Murrum traditions and relationship to land; Murrum use of the karri forests; burning of land; Murrum seasons; contact history in the Northcliffe area.

• xiv, 303 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm. #250425

• • “The Charles and Joy Stapes South West Region Publications Fund”.
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.

  • First Nations (AIATSIS) Subject:

    • Environment – Land management – Clearing
    • Culture – Relationship to land
    • Environment – Conservation
    • Settlement and contacts – Colonisation – 1851-
    • Environment – Conservation – Forests
    • Noongar / Nyungar / Nyungah people (W41) (WA SI50)
    • Minang people (W2) (WA SI50-11)
    • Albany / King George Sound (SW WA SI50-11, SI50-15)
    • Northcliffe (SW WA SI50-10)

    • Subject:

      • Land use — Western Australia — Northcliffe Region — History
      • Northcliffe Region (W.A.) — History