Identity Prized - Cloth Tapa dura - 1985

University of Western Australia Press / City of Subiaco, 1985. Hardcover in Dustjacket. Near Fine. WEST AUSTRALIANA ABORIGINAL INDIGENOUSFirst Edition. #0407 / 0217/1019/0820/030323/180424 pp. x, 365 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm. Includes short section on pre-colonial Aboriginal society and the spiritual base for their culture; Yellagonga; Aboriginal resistance to settlement - Midgegoroo and Yagan; botanical knowledge; firestick farming; the establishment of the Benedictine Mission at Subiaco. Noongar / Nyungar / Nyungah people Wajuk people. History of Subiaco(Near Fine with light wear to top of dustjacket.)Race relations - Violent - Massacres, murders, poisonings etc. - 1901- | Religions - Christianity - Catholic Church. | Settlement and contacts. | Noongar / Nyungar / Nyungah people (W41) (WA SI50) | Wajuk people (W9) (WA SI50-02) | Religions - Christianity - Missions. | Settlement and contacts - Colonisation - 1788-1850. | Subiaco (W.A.) -- History. | Perth (SW WA SH50-14) | Perth map area (SW… Leer más

Nedlands, WA: University of Western Australia, 1985. x, 365pp, index, notes, num bw ills, pictorial endpapers. Black cloth with gilt title and arms in jacket. Very slight foxing to prelims. A substantial local history of the Municipality of Subiaco, Western Australia.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.