Au pays des kangourous et des mines d'or : Etude des moeurs et coutumes Australiennes impressions de voyage

Item

Title
Au pays des kangourous et des mines d'or : Etude des moeurs et coutumes Australiennes impressions de voyage
Subject
Aboriginal Australians--Australia
Australia--Social life and customs
Mining camps
Victoria--History
Personal narratives
Category
1. Settlement
Author
Comettant, Oscar
Publisher
Librairie Fischbacher
Place of Publication
Paris
Keywords
Melbourne International Exhibition
Current holder
Monash University
Period of reference 
1880 – 1890
Date
January 1, 1890
Item number
993150501751
Access rights
Request at location
Country of origin
France
Language 
French
Description from source
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.
Physical format
Books
Bibliographic citation
https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/FEX8TX7H/