Au pays des kangourous et des mines d'or : Etude des moeurs et coutumes Australiennes impressions de voyage
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Title
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Au pays des kangourous et des mines d'or : Etude des moeurs et coutumes Australiennes impressions de voyage
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Subject
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Aboriginal Australians--Australia
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Australia--Social life and customs
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Mining camps
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Victoria--History
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Personal narratives
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Category
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1. Settlement
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Author
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Comettant, Oscar
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Publisher
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Librairie Fischbacher
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Place of Publication
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Paris
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Keywords
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Melbourne International Exhibition
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Current holder
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Monash University
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Period of reference
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1880 – 1890
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Date
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January 1, 1890
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Item number
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993150501751
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Access rights
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Request at location
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Country of origin
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France
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Language
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French
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Description from source
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386 p. ; 19 cm.
The author was a French composer, musicologist and traveller. He was appointed French juror at the Melbourne Centennial Exhibition (1888). Comments on the Yarra Yarra tribe and the life of natives before contact; marriage arrangements, birth, types of songs, description of the boomerang.
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Physical format
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Books
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Bibliographic citation
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https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/FEX8TX7H/