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Narrative of the voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, commanded by the late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. &c. during the years 1846-1850 : including discoveries and surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, etc. : to which is added the account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's expedition for the exploration of the Cape York Peninsula

Title
Narrative of the voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, commanded by the late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. &c. during the years 1846-1850 : including discoveries and surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, etc. : to which is added the account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's expedition for the exploration of the Cape York Peninsula / by John Macgillivray.
Author
MacGillivray, John, 1822-1867.
Publication
London : T. & W. Boone, 1852.

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Additional Authors
  • Busk, George, 1807-1886.
  • Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon), 1812-1888.
  • Forbes, Edward, 1815-1854.
  • White, Adam, 1817-1879.
  • Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895.
Description
2 volumes : illustrations, plates, folded map; 23 cm
Summary
V.1, p.48-49; Natives of Moreton Is.; Porpoises used in fishing; Huts, etc.; p.81-83; Natives of Rockingham Bay; Canoes, etc.; Start of Kennedy expedition; p.118-119; Bird Islands - artefacts, canoes; p.120-127; Cape York - difficulty of obtaining vocabulary; Physical characters; Foods; p.145- 159; Port Essington - adornment, bodily ornament, bodily ornamentation, canoes, weapons, food, medicine men, death, burial, mythology, government, age-grading, marriage, music and songs, social sanctions, intertribal warfare, psychology,; missionary efforts; p.162-165; Cape York - Kennedy expedition p.167-168; Moreton Is. - camp life, fishing; p.300-325; Cape York - rescue of Barbara Thompson from Aborigines of Kaurareg tribe; Dancing; Fighting; Tree-climbing; Cooking; v.2, p.1- 32; Cape York - tribes (Gudang, Kaurareg, Muralaig); Papuan influence; Barter, warfare, revenge, cannibalism, marriage, polygamy, birth, food restrictions for women, mother-in-law avoidance, infanticide, naming, scarification, personal adornment, initiation; Canoes, weapons, huts, clothing; Foodgetting and cooking; Methods of fishing; Edible fruits and tubers; Government; Land-ownership; Mythology; Diseases and magic; Death and burial; p.33-49; Torres Straits islands Kulkalaig tribe; Canoes, huts, ceremonial screen, physical description, native names of islands; p.79-84; Theories as to origin of Aborigines; Racial characters of Torres Straits islanders; Linguistic affinities - Kaurareg and Miriam; p.119227; Statement of William Carron on Kennedy expedition; Encounters with friendly natives; Artefacts, weapons, ovens, other cooking methods; Farther north natives uniformly hostile; Princess Charlotte Bay area - huts and cooking places; Weymouth Bay - womens dress, foods, spears; p.228-236; Statement of Jackey Jackey; p.237-253; Statement of Dr. Vallack; p.277-316; Comparative vocabularies of Kowrarega and Gudang; Some 800 words Names of places; p.330-354; Remarks on the vocabularies, syntax, etc.; Similarities between Australian and Papuan dialects.
Subject
  • Kennedy, Edmund Besley Court, 1818-1848
  • Stanley, Owen
  • Kennedy, Edmund Besley Court, 1818-1848
  • Stanley, Owen
  • Rattlesnake (Frigate)
  • Natural history > Oceania
  • Natural history
  • Natural History
  • natural sciences
  • Djagaraga / Gudang language (Y6) (Qld SC54-12)
  • Djagaraga / Gudang people (Y6) (Qld SC54-12)
  • Meriam Mir / Miriam Mer language (Y3) (Qld TSI SC55-05)
  • Ngarrindjeri / Narrinjeri language (S69) (SA SI54-13)
  • Ngarrindjeri / Narrinjeri people (S69) (SA SI54-13)
  • Natural history
  • Travel
  • Histoire naturelle > Oceanie
  • Oceania > Description and travel
  • Port Essington (West Arnhem Land NT SC53-13)
  • Papua New Guinea (PNG)
  • Torres Strait Islands (Qld TSI SC54, SC55-05)
  • Weymouth Bay (Qld NE Cape York SD54-04)
  • Princess Charlotte Bay (Qld SE Cape York SD54-12, SD55-09)
  • Rockingham Bay (NE Qld SE55-10)
  • Moreton Island (SE Qld SG56-15)
  • Oceania
  • Océanie > Descriptions et voyages
Genre/Form
Travel literature.
Note
  • "Account of the Polyzoa and sertularian zoophytes, collected in the voyage ... by George Busk": v. 1, p. 343-402.
  • "Remarks on the vocabularies of the voyage ... by R.G. Latham": v. 2, p. 330-354.
  • "On the Mollusca collected ... during the voyage ... by Professor Edward Forbes": v. 2, p. 360-386.
  • "Descriptions of some apparently new species of Annulosa (collected ... during the voyage ...) by Adam white": v. 2, p. 387-395.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's expedition for the exploration of the Cape York Peninsula in tropical Australia/W. Carron (vol. 2, pp. 119-276).
LCCN
04029563
OCLC
  • ocm05151352
  • 5151352
  • SCSB-888730
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library