Communications, Trade and Transport

This listing is for a multi-volume set comprising Volumes 2A, 2B, 6, and 8 from the work titled 'Communications, Trade and Transport', published by the U.S. Government Printing Office in New York in 1985. This is a Revised and Expanded Edition, presented in hardcover and remaining in Very Good condition. Despite the general series title, the included volumes offer a comprehensive and deeply significant collection of primary documents pertaining to early contacts between settlers and Aborigines in Australia. * **Volumes 2A & 2B**: Contain official and private papers detailing the initial interactions between European settlers and Aboriginal peoples. Topics include the appointment of Protectors of Aborigines, reports of hostilities, and extracts from the House of Commons Select Committee on Aborigines. Also covered are the Buntingdale (Wesleyan) and Port Phillip missions, the establishment of the Native Police Corps, and observations on Aboriginal subsistence and material culture. Notable papers include those of J.R. Orton, G.M. Langhorne, J. Dredge, and W. Thomas, alongside accounts of the careers of F. Fyans, C.W. Sievwright, and E.S. Parker. Policies concerning the care of Aboriginal orphans and servants, as well as their legal rights and protection, are extensively documented. A comprehensive index to individual Aborigines is included. * **Volume 6**: Reproduces primary documents with significant references to Aborigines. This volume includes accounts from various members of Mitchell's 1836 expedition, detailing conflict with Aborigines near Lake Benanee and associated Legislative Council inquiry documents. It also examines the Port Phillip Association and its stance on Aboriginal land rights, complaints of attacks on livestock and settlers in objections to the Squatting Act of 1839, and the treatment of Aborigines as outlined in the standing orders of the Border Police. Specific events mentioned include a battle with Aborigines at Yering in 1840, the arrest and escape of Jackie Jackie, the Tyers expedition, and conflict on Mount Wedge station. The financing of the Protectors of Aborigines is also discussed. * **Volume 8**: Provides cumulative indexes to volumes 1-7, including a dedicated index of Aboriginal personal names. This collection offers invaluable primary source material for researchers and historians interested in Australian colonial history, Aboriginal studies, and the complex interactions between Indigenous populations and European settlers during the 19th century. The set is a crucial resource for understanding the social, political, and cultural landscape of early colonial Australia.

• Author: Cannon, Michael; MacFarlane, Ian
• Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office
• Year: 1985
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• ISBN: 9780724183272