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Description : CURR ( Edward M. ). Recollections of squatting in Victoria, then called the Port Phillip District (From 1841 to 1851). Melbourne, Sydney, and Adelaide : George Robertson 1883 FIRST EDITION, with a folding coloured frontispiece map, pages xii, 452, 8vo, original orange brown cloth, by Robertson of Adelaide, with their ticket : a small stamp in six places and the inside hinges weak, otherwise a bright, fresh copy. Curr's experiences of early squatting life and of the aborigines are very interesting He was at all times concerned to propitiate the natives (Bangerang Tribe) surrounding his properties, and made careful studies of their rites, and languages. These are described in considerable detail in the latter part of the volume. - Ferguson 8878. ALSO WITH THIS LOT: LINDLEY ( Augustus F. ). Adamantia. The truth about the South African diamond fields : or, a vindication of the right of the Orange Free State to that territory, an analysis of British diplomacy and aggression which has resulted in its illegal seizure by the Governor of The Cape of Good Hope. W. H. & L. Collingridge, 1873. FIRST EDITION, with a coloured litho frontispiece and 8 maps and diagrams, pp xiii, (3), 423, 8vo, original cloth, gilt : wanting a large portion of the foreward edge of a front blank flyleaf, otherwise, a bright, fresh, attractive copy with no marks of previous ownership. Writen primarily to inform the British Parliament and the British public how their government has robbed the Orange Free State of its diamond fields.(2) TRAVEL, AUSTRALIA, AFRICA, SOUTH AFRICA, HISTORY, DIAMONDS, , , , , ,
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