Extracts from Journals of expeditions of discovery into Central Australia, and overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound, in the years 1840-1 |
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| Title : | Extracts from Journals of expeditions of discovery into Central Australia, and overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound, in the years 1840-1 |
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| Creator : | Eyre, Edward John, 1815-1901 | ||
| Source : | Journals of expeditions of discovery into central Australia, and overland from Adelaide to King George’s sound in the years 1840-1; sent by the colonists of South Australia, with the sanction and support of the Government: including an account of the m | ||
| Place Of Creation : | London | ||
| Publisher : | T. and W. Boone | ||
| Date of creation : | 1845 | ||
| Additional Creator : | York Gate Library ; | ||
| Format : | Book | ||
| Contributor : | State Library of South Australia | ||
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| Description : |
Edward Eyre was appointed as Assistant Protector of Aborigines and Resident Magistrate at Moorunde on the River Murray, where he had considerable success liaising between the Aboriginal people and the white settlers. In 1844 he returned to England and published the journals of his earlier explorations and included in the book a substantial account of the culture and lifestyle of the Aboriginal people. He had always been sympathetic to their needs and the crisis they faced with white settlement. The extracts appended provide some of this background and also Eyre's account of what he endeavoured to achieve at the station at Moorunde. The illustration of the Murray River at Moorunde is based on a drawing by George Hamilton. |
| Period : | 1836-1851 |
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