Table of Contents

Preface; Introductory note; 1. Tribes; 2. Population; 3. Chiefs; 4. Property; 5. Clothing; 6. Habitations; 7. Cleanliness; 8. Domestic furniture; 9. Cooking and food; 10. Tools; 11. Laws of marriage; 12. Children; 13. Names of persons; 14. Superstitions and diseases; 15. Death and burial; 16. Avenging of death; 17. Great meetings; 18. Amusements; 19. Weapons; 20. Animals; 21. Meteorology; 22. Native mounds; 23. Anecdotes; Conveyance; Vocabularies; Notes.

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An account of the language and culture of indigenous people in the western district of Victoria, Australia, in 1881.

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