The Journal Of A Jackaroo

Chap. 5; Herbert R. area, cannibalism, food gathering & hunting, shelters, fires, weapons (sport & fighting), secret rites, superstitious beliefs, E.S.P. outlined, cave paintings Murray & Herbert R. district; Chap. 6; Attack, Herbert R.; Chap. 9; Police retaliation, cannibalism & Chinese killings, clashes; Chap. 10; Clashes Upper Herbert R., Mullah tribesman; Chap. 11-12; Tracking ability, massacre at Greendale, retaliation by Webster brothers.

Australian Autobiographical Narratives Volume 2 and its partner Volume 1 provide researchers with detailed annotations of published Australian autobiographical writing. Both volumes are a rich resource of the European settlement of Australia. Theis selection concentrates on the post-gold rush period, providing portraits of 533 individuals, from amateur explorers to politicians, from pioneer settlers to sportsmen. Like Volume 1, it offers an intimate and absorbing insight into nineteenth-century Australia.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1966.