Government Resident's Report on Northern Territory ...


Book Description

Annual reporting mainly on economic enterprise in N.T., mostly pastoral and mining; pastoralists; trading accounts; reports have sections headed "Aborigines": expressions of social Darwinist views of the period, racial attitudes, employment - labour market, demography, diseases; opium; animals, Botanical Gardens reports, plant lists; Roman Catholic Missions reports; pearling; periodic reports on Government resident explorations or trips incl. Melville Island (1887), Alligator Rivers (1894) - trackers, rock art, accounts of contact.







Quarterly Report on Northern Territory


Book Description

Reporting mainly on economic enterprise in N.T., mostly pastoral and mining; pastoralists; gold, tin, copper, silver mining; report: Aug. 12, 1884, p. 9, mention of non-violent encounter with "natives" involves tracking, exchange of goods, Indigenous knowledge exchange concerning climate and weather in relation to land suitable for agriculture; reports mention Ernest Favenc.




Gold


Book Description

Throughout history, gold has been the stuff of legends, fortunes, conflict and change. The discovery of gold in Australia150 years ago precipitated enormous developments in the newly settled land. The population and economy boomed in spontaneous cities. The effects on both the environment and indigenous Aboriginal peoples have been profound and lasting. In this book, a team of prominent historians and curators have collaborated to produce an innovative cultural history of gold and its impact on the development of Australian society.