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Tom Petrie's reminiscences of early Queensland / Constance Campbell Petrie ; with an introduction by Mark Cryle.
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TitleTom Petrie's reminiscences of early Queensland / Constance Campbell Petrie ; with an introduction by Mark Cryle.Personal AuthorPetrie, TomPetrie, Constance CampbellImprintSt Lucia, QLD : Angus & Robertson / University of Queensland Press, 1992, 1983Collationlii, 323 p. ; 20 cm.ContentsPART ONE -- Chapter ONE : Tom Petrie - Andrew Petrie - Moreton Bay in the Thirties - Petrie's Bight - First Steamship in the River - Tom's Childhood - Kabon-Tom - Brisbane or Turrbal Tribe - North Pine Forty-five years ago - Alone with the Blacks - Their Trustworthiness and Consideration - Arsenic in Flour - Black Police - Shooting the Blacks - Inhuman Cruelty - St. Helena Murder - Bribie Island Murder. Chapter TWO : Bonyi Season on the Blackall Range - Gatherings like Picnics - Born Mimics - "Cry for the Dead" - Treated like a Prince - Caboolture (Kabul-tur) Superstitions of the Blacks - Climbing the Bonyi - Gathering the Nuts - Number at these Feasts - Their food while there - Willingness to Share. Chapter THREE : Sacrifice - Cannibalism - Small number killed in fights - Corrobborees - "Full Dress" - Women's Ornaments - Painted Bodies - Burying the Nuts - Change of Food - Teaching Corrobborees - Making new ones - How Brown's Creek got its name - Kulkarawa - "Mi-na Meena. Chapter FOUR : "Turrwan" or Great Man - "Kundri" - Spirit of Rainbow - A Turrwan's Great Power - Sickness and Death - Burial Customs - Spirit of the Dead - Murderer's Footprint - Bones of Dead - Discovering the Murderer - Revenge - Preparations for a Cannibal Feast - Flesh Divided Out - A Sacred Tree - Presented with a Piece of Skin - Cripples and Deformed People. Chapter FIVE : How Names were given - "Kippa" making - Two Ceremonies - Charcoal and Grease Rubbed on Body - Feathers and Paint - Exchanging News - Huts for the Boys - Instructions given them - "Bugaram" - "Wobbalkan" - Trial of the Boys - Red Noses - "Kippa's Dress". Chapter SIX : Great Fight - Camping Ground - Yam Sticks - Boy's Weapons- Single handed fights - Great Gashes - Charcoal Powder for Healing - Same Treatment Kill a White Man - Nose Pierced - Body Marked - "Kippa-ring" - "Kakka" - Notched Stick - Images Along the Road-way. Chapter SEVEN : "Fireworks Display" - Warning the Women - Secret Corrobboree - "Look at this Wonder" - Destroying the "Kakka" - How Noses were pierced - "Site of Kippa-rings" - Raised Scars - Inter-tribal Exchange of Weapons, etc. - Removing left little finger - Fishing or Coast Women. Chapter EIGHT : Mourning for the Dead - Red, White and Yellow Colouring - No Marriage Ceremony - Strict marriage laws - Exchange of Brides - Mother-in-law - Three or Four Wives - Blackfellows' Dogs - Bat made the Men and Night-Hawk the Women - Thrush which Warned the Blacks - Dreams - Moon and Sun - Lightning - Cures for Illness - Pock Marks - Dugong Oil. Chapter NINE : Food - How it was Obtained - Catching and Cooking Dugong - An Incident at Amity Point - Porpoises Never Killed ; Regarded as Friends - They Helped to Catch Fish - Sea Mullet and Other Fish - Fishing Methods - Eels - Crabs - Oysters and Mussels - Cobra. Chapter TEN : Grubs as Food - Dr. Leichhardt and Thomas tasting them. - Ants. - Native Bees - Seeking for Honey - Climbing with a Vine - A Disgusting Practise - Sweet Concoction - Catching and Eating Snakes - Iguanas and Lizards - Another Superstition - Hedgehogs - Tortoises - Turtles. Chapter ELEVEN : Kangaroos - How caught and Eaten - Their Skins - The Aboriginal's wonderful Tracking Powers - wallaby, Kangaroo Rat, Paddymelon, and Bandicoot - 'Possum Rugs - Native Bear - Squirrel - Hunting on Bowen Terrace - Glass House Mountain - Native Cat and Dog - Flying fox. Chapter TWELVE : Emus - Scrub Turkeys - Swans - Ducks - Cockatoos and Parrots - Quail - Root and other plant food - How it was Prepared - Meals - Water - Fire - How Obtained - Signs and signals. Chapter THIRTEEN : Canoe-making - Rafts of Dead Sticks - How Huts were made - Weapon Making - Boomerangs - Spears - Waddies - Yam Sticks - Shields - Stone Implements - Vessels - Dilly Bags - String. Chapter FOURTEEN : Games - "Murun Murun" - "Purru Purru" - "Murri Murri" - "Birbun Birbun" - Skipping - "Cat's Cradle" - "Marutchi" - Turtle Hunting as a Game - Swimming and Diving - Mimics - "Tambil Tambil".; Chapter FIFTEEN: Aboriginal Characteristics - Hearing - Smelling - Seeing - Eating Powers - Noisy Creatures - Cowards - Property - Sex and Clan "Totems" - "The last of his Tribe". Chapter SIXTEEN : Folk Lore - the Cockatoo's Nest - A Strange Fish - A Love Story - The Old Woman Ghost - The Clever Mother Spider - A Brave Little Brother - The Snake's Journey -The Marutchi and Bugawan - The Bittern's Idea of a Joke - A Faithful Bride - The Dog and the Kangaroo - The Cause of the Bar in South Passage. Chapter SEVENTEEN : Duramboi - His Return to Brisbane - Amusing the Squatters - His Subsequent Great Objection to Interviews - Mr. Oscar Fristrom's Painting- Duramboi Making Money - Marks on his body - Rev. W. Ridley - A Trip to Enoggera for Information - Explorer Leichhardt - An Incident at York's Hollow - An Inquiry Held. Chapter EIGHTEEN : A Message to Wivenhoe Station after Mr. Uhr's Murder - Another message to Whiteside Station - Alone in the Bush - A Coffin ready Waiting - The Murder at Whiteside Station - Piloting "Diamonds" through the Bush - A Reason for the Murder - An Adventure Down the Bay - No Water; nothing to eat but Oysters - A Drink out of an old Boot - The Power of Tobacco - "A Mad Trip". Chapter NINETEEN : A Search for Gold - An Adventure with the Blacks - "Bumble Dick" and the ducks - The Petries's Garden - Old Ned the Gardner - "Tom's" Attempt to shoot Birds - Aboriginal Fights in the vicinity of Brisbane - The White Boy as Witness - "Kippa" making at Samford - Woman fighting over a young man - "It Takes a lot to kill a Blackfellow" - A Big Fight at York's Hollow - A Body Eaten. Chapter TWENTY : Early Aboriginal Murderers - "Millbong Jemmy" and his misdeeds - Flogged by Gilegan the Flogger - David Petty - Jemmy's Capture and Death - "Dead man's pocket" - An Old Prisoner's Story - Found in a Wretched State - Weather bound with the Murderers on Bribie Island - Their Explanation - "Dundalli" the Murderer - Hanged in the present Queen Street - A Horrible Sight - Dundalli's Brother's Death. Chapter TWENTY-ONE : The Black man's Deterioration - Worthy Characters - "Dalaipi" - Recommending North Pine as a place to settle - The Birth of "Murrumba"- A Portion of Whiteside Station - Mrs. Griffen - The First White man's humpy at North Pine - Dalaipi's Good Qualities - A Chat with Him - His Death - With Mr. Pettigrew in Early Maryboro - A Very Old landmark at North Pine - Proof of the durability of Blood wood timber - The word "Humpybong". Chapter TWENTY-TWO : A trip in 1862 to Mooloolah and Maroochy - Tom Petrie the first White man on Buderim Mountain - On Petrie Creek - A Specially faithful Black - Tom Petrie and his "Big Arm" - Twenty-five Blacks Branded - King Sandy one of them - The Blacks dislike to the darkness - Crossing Maroochy Bar under difficulties - Wanangga "willing" his skin away - Doomed - A Blackfella's Grave near "Murrumba". Chapter TWENTY-THREE : "Puram" the rain-maker - "Governor Banjo"- His good nature - A ride for Gold with Banjo - Acting a monkey - Dressed up and sent a message - Banjo and the Hose - "Missus Cranky" - Banjo's Family - His kindness to Them - An Escape from poisoning - Banjo's Brass Plate. Chapter TWENTY-FOUR : Prince Alfred's visit to Brisbane in 1868 - A novel welcome to the Duke - A Black Regiment - The man in Plain clothes - The Darkies' Fun and Enjoyment - Roads Tom Petrie had marked - First Picinic Party to Humpybong - Chimney round which a Premier played - Value of Tom Petrie's 'Marked Tree lines' - First reserve for Aboriginals in Queensland (Bribie island) - The interest it caused - Father McNab - Keen Sense of Humour - Abraham's Death at Bribie - Piper, the Murderer - Death by Poison.FormatBook
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