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Alternative title: Tom Petrie's Reminiscences of Early Queensland (Dating from 1837) Recorded by His Daughter
Issue Details: First known date: 1904... 1904 Tom Petrie's Reminiscences of Early Queensland (Dating from 1837)
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'Preface 
'My father's name is so well known in Queensland that no explanation of the title of this book is necessary. Its contents are simply what they profess to be-" Tom Petrie's Reminiscences ; " no history of Queensland being attempted, though a sketch of life in the early convict days is included in its pages. My father's association with the Queensland aborigines from early boyhood, was so intimate, and extended over so many years, that his experience of their manners, their habits, their customs, their traditions, myths, and folklore, have an undoubted ethnological value. Realising this, I determined as far as lay in my power to save from oblivion by presenting in book form, the vast body of information garnered in the perishable storehouse of one man's - my father's - memory.
'To my friend, Dr. Roth, Chief Protector of Aboriginals, Queensland, I am indebted for the proper spelling of aboriginal words, and I wish to thank him for all his kindly interest and help. The spelling thus referred to is that adopted by the Royal Geographical Society of London, and followed in other continental countries. In this connection I may mention that the Brisbane or Turrbal tribe is identical with the Turrubul tribe of Rev. W. Ridley. It was my father who gave this gentleman the original information concerning these particular blacks.
Scientific names of trees and plants have been obtained through the courtesy of Mr. F. M. Bailey, F.L.S., Government
Botanist, Brisbane.
CONSTANCE CAMPBELLPETRIE.
" Murrumba ," North Pine,
October, 1904.'

(Source: University of Queensland espace)

Notes

  • 'By Constance Campbell Petrie' --cover.
  • Dedication:

    To

    My Father,

    Tom Petrie,

    Whose faithful memory

    Has supplied

    The material for

    This book.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Brisbane, Queensland,: Watson Ferguson , 1904 .
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      Link: 16059506Full text document Sighted: 12/04/2019
      Extent: xv, 319p.
      Description: [17] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill., plan, ports.
      Note/s:
      • 'The greater portion of ... this book first appeared in the "Queenslander" in the form of articles ... ' --P. [iv] Errata slip tipped in between p. [viii]-[ix]
    • Hawthorn, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Lloyd O'Neil , 1975 .
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      Extent: 319p.
      Description: plan, port.
      ISBN: 085558372X
    • South Yarra, South Yarra - Glen Iris area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Currey O'Neil , 1981 .
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      Extent: 319p.
      ISBN: 0855506083
    • Hong Kong,
      c
      China,
      c
      East Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
      :
      Forgotten Books ,
      2018 .
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      Extent: 374p.
      Note/s:
      • Publication date 19 Apr 2018

      ISBN: 9781332330881

Works about this Work

Slave Brands or Cicatrices? Writing on Aboriginal Skin in 'Tom Petrie's Reminiscenes of Early Queensland' Penny Van Toorn , 2008 single work criticism
— Appears in: Biography , Spring vol. 31 no. 2 2008; (p. 223-244)
Books and Authors 1905 single work column
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 11 February 1905; (p. 23)
Slave Brands or Cicatrices? Writing on Aboriginal Skin in 'Tom Petrie's Reminiscenes of Early Queensland' Penny Van Toorn , 2008 single work criticism
— Appears in: Biography , Spring vol. 31 no. 2 2008; (p. 223-244)
Books and Authors 1905 single work column
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 11 February 1905; (p. 23)
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