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Issue Details: First known date: 1897... 20 February 1897 of The Queenslander est. 1866 The Queenslander
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Vacant Chairsi"Within my home there stand four vacant chairs,", J. R. , single work poetry (p. 403)
Wild Country and Wild Tribes VII : A Tour in the Cape York Peninsula, Archibald Meston , single work essay
This article describes Overland Telegraph stations on the west coast of Cape York and discusses the contact workers have with nearby Aboriginal groups. Meston explains his method for recording Aboriginal languages. He describes the physiques of local Aboriginal men and praises the modesty and health of the women. He also describes spears and woomeras used in the area, and recounts his perilous meeting with a group of Aboriginal men. He discusses Aboriginal preparation of food from local plants, and silence as a punishment imposed for offences against traditional law. Vocabularies of Coen River and Archer River words are appended.
 (p. 409, 411)
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