DOCSLIB.ORG

SOUNDINGS Eden Killer Whale Museum/ 02 64962094/ Email [email protected]

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
SOUNDINGS Eden Killer Whale Museum/ 02 64962094/ Email Promo@Killerwhalemuseum.Com.Au Newsletter Date Volume 1010, Issue 2 SOUNDINGS Eden Killer Whale Museum/ 02 64962094/ Email [email protected] Special Interest Sailing the Young Endeavour Articles: Captain Mike Gough, enjoying Volunteers of EKWM were Sailing the young excited to join a group from his second two year stint on the endeavour Tulgeen to sail Snug Cove on vessel, said 1,300 youngsters have the Young Endeavour . There learned how to sail a tall ship Captain’s log was no need to press gang this under traditional navy protocols since the ship has been in The young bryde happy crew who joined the seasoned youth crew and navy Australian hands. A rum tale personnel who had been on After day 8 of the voyage the board for 10 days of their 11 day International yout h crew take control of the voyage. women’s day vessel and sailed her for a day The tall ship, built by Brooke unassisted. Aged from 16 – 23 Life membership Marine and designed by naval their confidence is apparent. for Stephanie architect Mudie Young was They work smoothly as a team. rawlings given to Australia by the British While in Snug Cove the youth It’s all happening government in 1988 as a gift to crew, invited by HMS Darwin to at ekwm celebrate our bicentenary of come on board for a tour of the colonisation. ship, enjoyed a fast trip back in Governor Darwin’s General This Brigantine is 44 meters in inflatable rib. Sir peter length and has a draught of 4 While on board we were invited cosgrove visits meters. Her ten sails carry a to help hoist sails, steer the ship ekwm total area of 511 square metres . and check out below decks. A We were excited when the crew brief tour of the engine room with 1 Jib Sehgi at unfurled the sails as we cruised 2 Forestaysail Aitchison engineer Brett was an added cottage out into Snug Cove. The sound bonus. Brett dresses up as 3 Course of wind in the rigging was “Nanna Diesel” each morning, 4 Topsail memorable. teaching the youth crew about 5 Topgallant 6 Main Staysail Terri from Bombala greeted us, tidiness on board by picking up 7 Topgallant Staysail explaining how she applied via any items of clothing left lying 8 Fisherman Staysail the Young Endeavour web site, around. 9 Main Sail then was selected in the ballot. The young sailors supplied us 10 Main Gaff Topsail Quickly overcoming her fear of with breakfast and lunch as the heights she climbed the rope ship rolled in the swell and cut Find us on ladders to set sails in heavy through soaking squalls. swells. The Captain’s Log to how to fight a fire. Our crew have a Youthie Captain Flick . I would like to wide range of knowledge and this is part inform you all that the Captain and crew of the reason we all work so well have gone on holiday and the Youthies together. Our last challenge of the have now taken command of the fine vessel 24hours was to row a boat to the beach that is the Young Endeavour. The running in the bay and take a pic of us with our of the ship for the next 24 hours will be youthie crew mascot (our fellow youthie performed completel y by the youth crew of crew member Dan dressed as a beautiful voyage 6 of 2017. After a fun filled siren). Captain Mike Today we woke up morning, which included happy hour and to a beautiful morning in Twofold Bay jumping into the water from the rope swing, thanks to the trusty work of our youthie EKWM sailors Barb Reed and captain and crew handed over the ship and navigators Kate and Rory. The youthie Marg Sheaves embarking. let us take the helm of this vessel . Captain crew put in a hard night of work to reach Mike Our morning started with a morning our final destination and we are all very brief run by the trusty youthie crew, it was proud of our efforts. However it was a 7 funny, entertaining and educational. Then am wake up because we had tasks to do. our favourite time of day was upon us, happy hour, we had the ship shining from Check out the Young Endeavour top to bottom. After happy hour we had website for more Captain’s Log three of our youthie crew present us with a entries – you will find them very special interest and talents, from AFL skills entertaining and informative! SOUNDINGS Page 2 of 4 by parasites and small The young Bryde the three distinctive ridges sharks. Midway through March, that run from the tip of the before delivering a guided broad rostrum to the rear of This whale – also known tour, to my delight the the head, level with the two appropriately as Eden’s EKWM siren sounded as a blowholes. Cat Balou Whale – can live up to 50 Bryde whale was sighted in alerted us of this visitor as years and has also been seen in Western Australian Twofold Bay. their tour had a wonderful sighting of the whale. waters. Pronounced “broo-dess” this beautiful whale is named The skin of the Bryde’s after Johan Bryde, who whale is black or dark grey, helped construct the first with white patches on the South African whaling throat and chin, and may factory in the early 1900s . sometimes appear mottled due to pock marks caused It can be distinguished by A Rum Tale How involved are you in Preservation Island , situated hostiles. They finally arrived at t he your research? Meeting in the Furneaux Group north cove at Wattamolla on the 15 th of researcher/historian Kevin of Tasmania. May with sailors William Clark Jewell, a man on a mission, I He and his crew were able to and John Bennet and a lascar the began to see where serious get to shore safely and only survivors of their arduous research can take you. This managed to salvage most of journey. The last to die on the focused, and extremely fit 79 the cargo. The casks of rum march was killed by Dilba, a native year old, is retracing a were stored out of reach of known for his ferocity, at Hat Hill. remarkable journey from the the crew on nearby aptly They signaled to a boat out fishing northern end of the 90 mile named Rum Island. A party to take them on to Sydney. beach in Gippsland to Port of seventeen men, led by Memorial plaque at Tathra And the fate of that cargo of rum – Below – Matthew Flinders Jackson, as documented in first mate Hugh Thompson the schooner Francis and sloop map of Preservation Island. diaries kept by officers of with four European seamen Eliza were dispatched to collect the the ship-wrecked Sydney and 12 Lascars (Indian survivors and what remained of the Cove, a Bengal trading sailors) set off in the ship’s cargo. The crew of the Sydney vessel previously registered longboat for Port Jackson - Cove had built shelters and as the Begum Shaw in India 400 nautical miles away. Ill survived by eating shearwaters in 1796. fortune struck again, and until their rescue. On the way back This vessel was the first they were wrecked on 90 to Sydney the Eliza was separated merchant shipwreck in our mile beach. from the Francis and shipwrecked history and carried a cargo of Kevin is re-enacting their losing the crew and eight of the speculative trade goods trek north, recording details Sydney Cove survivors. including 7,000 gallons of of the terrain and comparing The Francis made a further salvage alcohol – mostly rum, sacks his findings to diary entries, voyage in December and again in of rice and sugar, tobacco, putting names to the rivers, January 1798. Matthew salted meat, Chinese streams and land features Flinders was aboard the third ceramics and tea, barrels of first seen and recorded in voyage, assigned to make tar, casks of vinegar, 1797. His findings will be geographical observations. He footwear, soap, candles, collated into a historical noted petrels and seals, and located textiles, a musical organ and volume to be stored at the and named the Kent Group of a horse drawn buggy. Wollongong Library. This islands. Departing on the 10 th of 600 mile journey was fraught November 1796, she with dangers as the ill- At the same time George Bass was encountered heavy seas in equipped party, with very on his whaleboat voyage following December, and began to few possessions and the coast of the mainland, and he leak. In January off the east provisions, encountered had thought to make for the Sydney coast of Tasmania the groups of natives both Cove to replenish his provisions weather worsened and the hostile and friendly. The but leaks in the boat prevented him pumps were manned diary records the names of setting that course. He did, continuously. On the 9 th of Aboriginal tribes and natives however, encounter a group of February with water up to as, with luck, they gave gifts escaped convicts marooned on an the lower deck hatches the to tribal elders thereby island. They, too, had been making Sydney Cove was in danger paying respect and thus were for the ship with the false hope of of sinking so Captain Guy provided permissio n to travel re-floating her and making good Hamilton ran her aground on through tribal land, though their escape. the island now called some were speared by SOUNDINGS Page 3 of 4 International Women’s Day produce market which of course Over 60 women turned out holiday working in hotels led her to setting up Sprout – her on March the 8 th to here.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Captain Louis De Freycinet
    *Catalogue title pages:Layout 1 13/08/10 2:51 PM Page 1 CAPTAIN LOUIS DE FREYCINET AND HIS VOYAGES TO THE TERRES AUSTRALES *Catalogue title pages:Layout 1 13/08/10 2:51 PM Page 3 HORDERN HOUSE rare books • manuscripts • paintings • prints 77 VICTORIA STREET POTTS POINT NSW 2011 AUSTRALIA TEL (61-2) 9356 4411 FAX (61-2) 9357 3635 [email protected] www.hordern.com CONTENTS Introduction I. The voyage of the Géographe and the Naturaliste under Nicolas Baudin (1800-1804) Brief history of the voyage a. Baudin and Flinders: the official narratives 1-3 b. The voyage, its people and its narrative 4-29 c. Freycinet’s Australian cartography 30-37 d. Images, chiefly by Nicolas Petit 38-50 II. The voyage of the Uranie under Louis de Freycinet (1817-1820) Brief history of the voyage a. Freycinet and King: the official narratives 51-54 b. Preparations and the voyage 55-70 c. Freycinet constructs the narrative 71-78 d. Images of the voyage and the artist Arago’s narrative 79-92 Appendix 1: The main characters Appendix 2: The ships Appendix 3: Publishing details of the Baudin account Appendix 4: Publishing details of the Freycinet account References Index Illustrated above: detail of Freycinet’s sketch for the Baudin atlas (catalogue no. 31) Illustrated overleaf: map of Australia from the Baudin voyage (catalogue no. 1) INTRODUCTION e offer for sale here an important on the contents page). To illuminate with knowledge collection of printed and original was the avowed aim of each of the two expeditions: Wmanuscript and pictorial material knowledge in the widest sense, encompassing relating to two great French expeditions to Australia, geographical, scientific, technical, anthropological, the 1800 voyage under Captain Nicolas Baudin and zoological, social, historical, and philosophical the 1817 voyage of Captain Louis-Claude de Saulces discoveries.
    [Show full text]
  • Sullivans Cove and Precinct Other Names: Place ID: 105886 File No: 6/01/004/0311 Nomination Date: 09/07/2007 Principal Group: Urban Area
    Australian Heritage Database Class : Historic Item: 1 Identification List: National Heritage List Name of Place: Sullivans Cove and Precinct Other Names: Place ID: 105886 File No: 6/01/004/0311 Nomination Date: 09/07/2007 Principal Group: Urban Area Assessment Recommendation: Place does not meet any NHL criteria Other Assessments: National Trust of Australia (Tas) Tasmanian Heritage Council : Entered in State Heritage List Location Nearest Town: Hobart Distance from town (km): Direction from town: Area (ha): Address: Davey St, Hobart, TAS, 7000 LGA: Hobart City, TAS Location/Boundaries: The area set for assessment was the area entered in the Tasmanian Heritage Register in Davey Street to Franklin Wharf, Hobart. The area assessed comprised an area enclosed by a line commencing at the intersection of the south eastern road reserve boundary of Davey Street with the south western road reserve boundary of Evans Street (approximate MGA point Zone 55 527346mE 5252404mN), then south easterly via the south western road reserve boundary of Evans Street to its intersection with the south eastern boundary of Land Parcel 1/138719 (approximate MGA point 527551mE 5252292mN), then southerly and south westerly via the south eastern boundary of Land Parcel 1/138719 to the most southerly point of the land parcel (approximate MGA point 527519mE 5252232mN), then south easterly directly to the intersection of the southern road reserve boundary of Hunter Street with MGA easting 527546mE (approximate MGA point 527546mE 5252222mN), then southerly directly to
    [Show full text]
  • Matthew Flinders: Pathway to Fame
    INTERNATIONAL HYDROGRAPHIC REVIEW VoL. 2 No. 1 {NEW SERIES) JUNE 2001 Matthew Flinders: Pathway to Fame joe Doyle Since his death many books and articles have been written about Matthew Flinders . During his life, apart from his own books, he wrote much himself, and there is a large body of contemporary correspondence concerning him in various archives in England and Australia. The bicentenary of the start of his voyage in Investigator is so important that it deserves once more, to be drawn to the atten­ tion of those interested in hydrography. This paper traces Matthew Flinders' early life and training as a hydrographer until July 1801 when he sailed from England in Investigator on his fateful mission to chart the little known southern continent, that land mass which had yet to be named Australia. Introduction An niversaries of two milestones of 'European ' Austral ia occur in 2001. The sig­ nificant event is the centenary of the formation of the Commonwealth of Australi a. It is also the bicentenary of the start of an important British voyage to complete the survey of that continent and from which the term Australia began to be accept­ ed as the name for the country. July 2001 is the 200th anniversary of the departure from Spithead of Investigator, a sloop' fitted out and stored for a voyage to remote parts. The vessel, under the command of Commander Matthew Flinders, Royal Navy, was bound for New South Wales, a colony established thirteen years earlier. The purpose of the voyage was to make a complete examination and survey of the coast of that island continent.
    [Show full text]
  • New Evidence on Arthur Phillip's First Landing Place 26 January 1788
    New evidence on Arthur Phillip’s first landing place 26 January 1788 Michael Flynn and Gary Sturgess The location of Governor Arthur Phillip’s first landing and the flag-raising ceremony in Sydney Cove on 26 January 1788 has been an issue of dispute and uncertainty among historians since the 19th century. The cove was divided into an east and west side by the Tank Stream and it was clear that the ceremony was held very close to the landing place, as described by Judge-Advocate David Collins. None of the generally known eyewitness accounts mentioned on which side of the cove the landing took place. History is full of blind spots where chroniclers failed to record something that seemed obvious or commonplace at the time, or because there was so much else going on. Since 2011 we have been working on a close analysis of sources, which allow the spot to be pinpointed with much greater accuracy. Early maps and paintings of Sydney Cove and manuscript journals collected by various institutions over time are now readily accessible through online digitisation. New evidence has emerged, the most significant item being an obscure letter from a First Fleet sailor John Campbell identifying the site as lying on the west side of the cove, the only surviving primary evidence from a First Fleeter. This is supported by the 1847 obituary of First Fleet convict John Limeburner and an entry in the 1806 NSW Pocket Almanack, published when Philip Gidley King (an eyewitness) was Governor. All three sources accord with the persistent 19th century oral tradition of a landing at a spot near the bottom of Bethel Steps, The Rocks (behind the south end of the present Overseas Passenger Terminal),i and a flag raising ceremony held on or very close to George Street, between Cadman’s Cottage and the former Mariners’ Churchii at the corner of Hickson Road.iii In 1789 John Campbell, a seaman on the Lady Penrhyn transport, sent a letter specifically indicating the west side location.
    [Show full text]
  • A Colony of Convicts
    A Colony of Convicts The following information has been taken from https://www.foundingdocs.gov.au/ Documenting a Democracy ‘Governor Phillip’s Instructions 25 April 1787’ The British explorer Captain James Cook landed in Australia in 1770 and claimed it as a British territory. Six years after James Cook landed at Botany Bay and gave the territory its English name of 'New South Wales', the American colonies declared their independence and war with Britain began. Access to America for the transportation of convicts ceased and overcrowding in British gaols soon raised official concerns. In 1779, Joseph Banks, the botanist who had travelled with Cook to New South Wales, suggested Australia as an alternative place for transportation. The advantages of trade with Asia and the Pacific were also raised, alongside the opportunity New South Wales offered as a new home for the American Loyalists who had supported Britain in the War of Independence. Eventually the Government settled on Botany Bay as the site for a colony. Secretary of State, Lord Sydney, chose Captain Arthur Phillip of the Royal Navy to lead the fleet and be the first governor. The process of colonisation began in 1788. A fleet of 11 ships, containing 736 convicts, some British troops and a governor set up the first colony of New South Wales in Sydney Cove. Prior to his departure for New South Wales, Phillip received his Instructions from King George III, with the advice of his ‘Privy Council'. The first Instructions included Phillip's Commission as Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief of New South Wales.
    [Show full text]
  • The Story of Conybeare Morrison
    THE STORY OF CONYBEARE MORRISON F ew designers have made such an indelible mark on Sydney’s urban spaces, infrastructure and architecture as Darrel Conybeare and Bill Morrison. Together, these two have produced innovations so pervasive through Sydney that they have become part of the ‘furniture’ – yet their significance has largely gone unrecognised. Outdoor Design Source takes a closer look at Conybeare and Morrison’s contribution to the design of the Harbour City and seeks to discover the secret to their extraordinary partnership. 66 LUMINARY I www.outdoordesign.com.au LUMINARY 67 "Their work has subtly and skilfully become part of the fabric of Sydney's metropolitan landscape." Previous page: Bill Morrison n 1962 Darrel Conybeare graduated from the Sydney Park and Parramatta Park. Through this and Darrel Conybeare on their University of Sydney with First Class Honours period he sought to raise consciousness towards SFA classic, The Plaza Seat Iin Architecture winning the prestigious a redesign for Circular Quay. Top left: Mixed-use residential University Medal. He attained a Masters in William Morrison graduated in architecture and commercial towers, Architecture and City Planning at the University at the University of Sydney in 1965. His early Figtree Drive, Homebush of Pennsylvania and went on to work in various years were spent with the Commonwealth Bottom left: Conybeare American architectural practices, including the Department of Works and at the National Morrison’s recent residential esteemed office of Ray & Charles Eames as the Capital Development Commission, Canberra, I was extensive, and given the innovative nature Street Furniture Australia. Founded in 1986 Darling Harbour; George Street North, work, Epping Road, Lane Cove Project Design Director of the National Fisheries which introduced him to a broader vision.
    [Show full text]
  • The Reef the Far North Queensland Wreck Project 2013
    One essential safety check was the ‘croc watch’ – scouting the bay for any sign of crocodile activity Return to the reef THE Far NortH QueenslanD WreCK ProJECT 2013 Australia’s vast and treacherous Great Barrier Reef is strewn with the wrecks of many ships, whose remains are being sought and recorded in a collaboration between the Australian National Maritime Museum, the Silentworld Foundation and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. The museum’s maritime archaeology manager Kieran Hosty writes of the team’s latest expedition. IN APRIL 2013 a maritime archaeology In March 1818 the Frederick loaded The next year, in 1819, the respected team from the Australian National Maritime 61 live cattle in Hobart and departed Australian navigator and explorer Phillip Museum and the Silentworld Foundation in company with the Duke of Wellington, Parker King rediscovered the remains of the conducted ten days of remote-area fieldwork bound for Mauritius. After several Frederick off Cape Flinders, the easternmost on the outer edge of the Great Barrier Reef unsuccessful attempts to sail westward point of Stanley Island in the Flinders some 1,040 nautical miles (1,930 km) north across the Great Australian Bight against Group. Allan Cunningham, the expedition’s of Brisbane (as reported in Signals 103). the prevailing wind, in late June the captains botanist, recorded the discovery in his of the two ships decided to sail instead via journal: The team was able to relocate and survey the inner route through the Great Barrier On the evening of the 13th [July 1819], the wreck site of the Indian-built troop Reef and Torres Strait.
    [Show full text]
  • The-Wonder-Weekly-April-20.Pdf
    The Published by the Peter Underwood Centre April 20, 2020 Follow us on Facebook Take your Test your cookies to movie the market: knowledge: Page 2 www.facebook.com/ Page 2 UnderwoodCentre/ SHIPWRECKED DID you know more than 1000 ships have been wrecked in Tasmanian waters? Less than 10 per cent of these shipwrecks have been found, so there are a fleet of hidden relics around Tasmania’s coastline waiting to be discovered. You can find information on all known shipwrecks in Australian waters at The Australian National Shipwreck Database (ANSDB). The Sydney Cove was shipwrecked in 1797 off what would later become known as Preservation Island, near Cape Barren Island. The Sydney Cove lay undisturbed for 170 years before a team of divers examined the wreck. Children’s University Tasmania Learning Destination QVMAG is the caretaker of treasures from this merchant ship. These Share projects inspired by The Wonder Weekly with us. ATTRACTION: A diver inspects the SS Nord wreck on the seabed near Tasman include a cannon, an anchor, Island. Images: iStock.com/Nigel Marsh/rogerashford ceramics, pottery, food stuffs Email: [email protected] and even intact bottles of red wine and beer. Your challenge is to draw a nautical chart for a coastal area you know well, or a The icy waters in Bass Strait location found only in your imagination. kept the yeast in this beer Nautical charts are maps which show the sea and the land that surrounds it. They alive, and modern day science show how deep the water is in metres by using numbers on the chart, as well as was used to turn the 220-year- hazards like sandbars or reefs, or even shipwrecks.
    [Show full text]
  • New South Wales from 1810 to 1821
    Attraction information Sydney..................................................................................................................................................................................2 Sydney - St. Mary’s Cathedral ..............................................................................................................................................3 Sydney - Mrs Macquarie’s Chair ..........................................................................................................................................4 Sydney - Hyde Park ..............................................................................................................................................................5 Sydney - Darling Harbour .....................................................................................................................................................7 Sydney - Opera House .........................................................................................................................................................8 Sydney - Botanic Gardens ................................................................................................................................................. 10 Sydney - Sydney Harbour Bridge ...................................................................................................................................... 11 Sydney - The Rocks ..........................................................................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • February 2021 MMHN Update These Are Clearly Perplexing
    Melbourne – A Great Maritime City February 2021 MMHN Update These are clearly perplexing, unpredictable and unprecedented times. Just when we thought ‘it safe to go back into the water’ so to speak and that the pandemic tide had ebbed enabling a return to near normality, yet another COVID variant mysteriously penetrated our quarantine strategies and we face Lockdown again. We are grappling with mysterious, invisible viral mutations. And of course, perplexing, unpredictable and, dare I say, unfathomable (!) maritime heritage mysteries also confound us at sea. For example: BASS STRAIT TRIANGLE aka The Great Ship Swallower’ In his book Mysteries of the Bass Strait Triangle J.K. Loney describes the terrible toll it [Bass Strait] has taken of ships, aircraft and men in less than 200 years. Loney poses the question: Do mysterious forces exert a power over this stretch of water to ruthlessly destroy with no logical explanation? Noting a century or so ago seafarers reported sighting more sea monsters in the waters around Australia than any other oceans of the globe. In modern times these tales have been replaced by stories of UFOs… We are assured that all incidents described here have been carefully researched and documented some might say that it is quite easy (but less fun) to understand why sailing in Bass Strait was lethal. Squeezed between the northern coastline of Tasmania and Victoria’s central to eastern coast, Bass Strait is studded with islands, leading to unpredictable sea conditions - Winds, tides and shallow waters result in tall, yet short, waves and the short swell often churns in conflicting directions.
    [Show full text]
  • Brothers N.P. Et Al (1997). Seabird Islands: No. 234 Rum Island
    Corella, 1997, 21 (3): 92-93 SEABIRD ISLANDS No. 234 Rum Island, Furneaux Group, Tasmania ° ° Location: 40 30'S, 148 04'E; 4 km off the south­ west corner of Cape Barren Island in the RUM ISLAND Furneaux Group, Tasmania. It is separated from the nearest land, Preservation Island, by a 100 m TASMANIA wide channel. Status: Part of the Sydney Cove Historic Site. Description: 13.2 ha. Oval-shaped, 500 m long and up to 300 m at the widest point. The island has an irregular granitic coastline interspersed with several sandy beaches. The largest beach is on the north-east side. Thomas Scott5 said it was low, and 'appears at a distance in form of two hillocks, having a hollow running across the centre'. The flat holds water occasionally during winter. The island has retained much of its original vegetation despite several attempts at acquiring the lease of the island over the years. The low shrubby vegetation on Rum Island is dominated by Atriplex cineria, Helichrysum paralium and Lavatera plebeia. Grassy patches occur which comprise coastal tussock, Poa poiformis. Landing: Easy anywhere around the island, par­ ticularly on the beaches. Ornithological History: The island got its name when a large cargo of casks containing rum N washed ashore with the beaching of the Sydney Cove in the channel between Preservation and Rum Islands on 9 February 1797. The crew came ashore on Preservation Island and during the next three months they lived largely on muttonbirds t 0 200m (Short-tailed Shearwaters), rice and rum, collect­ 3 ing muttonbirds also from nearby Rum Island • Short-tailed Shearwater In the 1820s, Scott described Rum Island as having no trees with muttonbirds and Cape Barren Geese both abundant in season.
    [Show full text]
  • Aboriginal History Journal: Volume 1
    Aboriginal History Volume one 1977 ABORIGINAL HISTORY Editorial Board and Management Committee 1977 Diane Barwick and Robert Reece (Editors) Andrew Markus (Review Editor) Niel Gunson (Chairman) Peter Grimshaw (Treasurer) Peter Corris Luise Hercus Hank Nelson Charles Rowley Ann Curthoys Isabel McBryde Nicolas Peterson Lyndall Ryan National Committee for 1977 Jeremy Beckett Mervyn Hartwig F.D. McCarthy Henry Reynolds Peter Biskup George Harwood John Mulvaney John Summers Greg Dening Ron Lampert Charles Perkins James Urry A.P. Elkin M.E. Lofgren Marie Reay Jo Woolmington Aboriginal History aims to present articles and information in the field of Australian ethnohistory, particularly the post-contact history of the Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders. Historical studies based on anthro­ pological, archaeological, linguistic and sociological research, including comparative studies of other ethnic groups such as Pacific Islanders in Australia, will be welcomed. Future issues will include recorded oral traditions and biographies, vernacular narratives with translations, pre­ viously unpublished manuscript accounts, resumes of current events, archival and bibliographical articles, and book reviews. Aboriginal History is administered by an Editorial Board which is respon sible for all unsigned material in the journal. Views and opinions expressed by the authors of signed articles and reviews are not necessarily shared by Board members. The editors invite contributions for consideration; reviews will be commissioned by the review editor. Contributions, correspondence and enquiries concerning price and availa­ bility should be sent to: The Editors, Aboriginal History Board, c/- Research School of Pacific Studies, The Australian National University, GPO Box 4, Canberra, A.C.T. 2600, Australia. Reprinted 1988. ABORIGINAL HISTORY VOLUME ONE 1977 PART 1 CONTENTS ARTICLES W.
    [Show full text]