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'Long before the horse and drays and later cars found their way into the high country of southeastern Australia, it was criss-crossed by ancient Aboriginal foot-tracks. This book describes how the pattern of pathways changed as explorers, stockmen, miners, and early recreational travellers struggled to open up this challenging terrain.
Dr Kabaila combines evidence from a great variety of sources, never before combined, to reveal this lost history. He draws on rare unpublished maps and explorers accounts, and on the oral history of Aboriginal peoples. He records many of the routes taken by Aboriginal moth hunters, residents of Aboriginal missions, and Europeans up to the 1940s, and explains the contexts in which these movements took place. He also shows how the major roads and mountain passes of today grew from these early pathways.' (Sourced: back cover)
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Dedication: To the memory of Reg Russell (1942-2001).
Contents
- Untitled, Peter Kabaila (interviewer), single work interview (p. 3,22,30,62,63,77.)
- Untitled, Peter Kabaila (interviewer), single work life story (p. 3,63,95-97.)
- Aborigines Outside Missions, Peter Kabaila (interviewer), single work oral history (p. 15)
- Seven Tribal Territories of the High Country, Peter Kabaila (interviewer), single work oral history (p. 16)
- The Legend of the Echidna : Totem of Minjambuta, Peter Kabaila (interviewer), Eddie Kneebone , single work prose dreaming story (p. 17-18)
- Seasonal Gatherings and Movements, Peter Kabaila (interviewer), single work oral history (p. 18-19)
- Arrival of the Europeans, Peter Kabaila (interviewer), single work oral history (p. 19-20)
- John Mumbulla, Peter Kabaila (interviewer), single work oral history (p. 20-21)
- Aboriginal Stockmen and Blacktrackers, Peter Kabaila (interviewer), single work oral history (p. 54-55)
- Untitled, Peter Kabaila (interviewer), single work oral history (p. 56)
- Untitled, Peter Kabaila (interviewer), single work oral history (p. 56-57)
- Aboriginal Stockmen and Stockwomen, Peter Kabaila (interviewer), single work oral history (p. 63)
- Untitled, Peter Kabaila (interviewer), single work oral history (p. 66)
- Loss of Traditional Knowledge, Peter Kabaila (interviewer), single work oral history (p. 79-80)
- Untitled, Peter Kabaila (interviewer), Alice Williams , single work oral history (p. 80)
- Untitled, Peter Kabaila (interviewer), single work oral history (p. 80)
- Untitled, Peter Kabaila (interviewer), Alan Mongta , single work oral history (p. 85-86)
- Travel to Relatives in Wiradjuri Country, Peter Kabaila (interviewer), single work oral history (p. 88)
- Travel to Relatives in Ngunawal Country at Yass, Peter Kabaila (interviewer), Vincent Bulger , single work oral history (p. 88)
- Bridle Track to Kylie's Run, Peter Kabaila (interviewer), Vincent Bulger , single work oral history (p. 88-89)