The Australian Aborigines. (Contained in) Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of NSW, Volume 23, 1889. MATHEW, Reverend John:
29581 Octavo, (115) pages plus a colour plate and a folding map. Cloth; leading edges of covers a little discoloured; early and late leaves foxed; a very good copy. An Australia-wide survey, in which the author pulls no punches. He expresses special indebtedness to the work of E.M. Curr, "although some of [the latter's] conclusions have been widely different from those enunciated in this essay". This issue also contains STEPHENS, Edward: The Aborigines of Australia, being personal recollections of those tribes which once inhabited the Adelaide Plains of South Australia (27 pages) and WYNDHAM, W.T.: The Aborigines of Australia (7 pages). $275.00AUD Click here to order or message the dealer
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