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W. A. Cawthorne W. A. Cawthorne i(A35989 works by) (a.k.a. William Anderson Cawthorne)
Also writes as: W. A. C.
Born: Established: 1825
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ; Died: Ceased: 1897 Adelaide, South Australia,
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1841
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1 y separately published work icon Sketch of the Aborigines of South Australia : References in the Cawthorne Papers W. A. Cawthorne , Robert Foster (editor), Adelaide : Aboriginal Heritage Branch , 1991 Z805558 1991 selected work autobiography bibliography prose

Compilation of material gathered by W. A. Cawthorne, including extracts from his diaries and journals 1842-1859; and copies of:

a) 'Sketch of the Aborigines of South Australia' c1845; p. 63-92; which includes information about physical characteristics; government; weapons - spears, spearthrowers, shields, clubs, daggers; recreation - toys; corroborees; music; domestic utensils - climbing sticks , baskets, fire sticks; clothing; food and food preparation; hunting and gathering; shelters; ornaments; initiation - circumcision, cicatrization; beliefs - celestial phenomena, the earth; burial and mourning; marriage; sickness; magic; tribal meeting; short word list;

b) 'Aborigines and Their Customs' 1864; p. 84-92; which elucidates Cawthorne's views on the significance of racial and cultural differences; language; religious orientation; territorial division;

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c) other miscellaneous published material.
1 5 y separately published work icon Who Killed Cockatoo? W. A. Cawthorne , Rodney McRae (illustrator), Sydney : Margaret Hamilton Books , 1988 Z982484 1988 single work picture book children's
1 y separately published work icon Who Killed Cockatoo? W. A. Cawthorne , Adelaide : J. H. Lewis and Co , 1862 Z933225 1862 single work poetry children's
1 y separately published work icon Menge, the Mineralogist : A Sketch of the Life of the Late Johann Menge, Linguist, Mineralogist, &c., &c., an Early Colonist, and Discoverer of Precious Stones in South Australia : Containing Also, His Eccentric Views on Demonology, Astronomy, &c W. A. Cawthorne , Adelaide : W. A. Cawthorne , 1859 Z805561 1859 single work biography
1 1 y separately published work icon The Legend of Kupirri, or, The Red Kangaroo : An Aboriginal Tradition of the Port Lincoln Tribe W. A. Cawthorne , Adelaide : W. A. Cawthorne , 1858 Z805552 1858 single work poetry Indigenous story Indigenous story told in verse form.
3 4 The Islanders W. A. Cawthorne , 1854 single work novel 'Written in the mid-1850s before any official or more orthodox history of the South Australian colony had appeared, The Kangaroo Islanders is one of the few colonial novels that represents in fleeting glimpses some of the improvisational and interactive encounters between the colonisers and the colonised on the edges of the island continent.

'A remarkable and colourful book, this novel represents life on Kangaroo Island in the period between 1802-1836.' (2020 edition publication summary)


 
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