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Archaeological Field Survey of the Hunter River Valley, N.S.W. by the Australian Museum
Location of sites, excavations, artefacts collected - Upper Hunter, Sandy Hollow, Singleton Area, Milbrodale; interpretation of material.
Archaeological Field Survey of the Hunter River Valley, N.S.W., 1965 by the Australian Museum. [Report to A.I.A.S.] Nov. 1966
Preliminary report; location of archaeological sites, Upper Hunter, Sandy Hollow, Singleton area, notes on artefacts obtained.
Aborigines of the Hunter Valley
Environment; tribal territories, for Kamilaroi, Wonaruah, Geawegal, Gringal, Awabakal and Worimi inter-tribal ceremonies and trade; European views of Aborigines at contact; Kamilaroi expansion into Hunter Valley; Aboriginal demography; effects of smallpox and venereal disease; bark huts, canoes, cards and baskets, wooden bowls, shields, clubs, yamsticks, boomerangs, spears, spearthrowers, hatchets, shell scrapers, bone awls, skin clothes; food of plants, shellfish, fish, meat; methods of fishing and hunting; rituals and sites for initiation and burial; cave paintings, rock engravings; campsites.
Water and Coal
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The Hunter
"When I traced my finger along the squiggly line on the map, I had been imagining more than a journey down the river, from the source to the mouth. This was to be a journey into the soul, to help me understand who we Hunter people are, and how, like the rocks in the current, the river has shaped us." 'Bevan writes with an easy, informative style and mixes an entertaining brew by combining well-researched history, reminiscences (he has previously rowed more than 300 kilometres of the Hunter), chats with those he meets on the way and thoughtful, evocative descriptions of the landscape.' - Bruce Elder, Sydney Morning HeraldAfter navigating Russia, ABC journalist Scott Bevan decided to come home...
