Ferguson, R. J. (Ronald Jack), 1931-

Rottnest Island : history and architecture / R.J. Ferguson.

Nedlands, W.A. : University of Western Australia Press, 1986.

xiii, 126 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 x 30 cm

Study of Aboriginal languages and the establishment of Rottnest Island as an island prison for Aboriginal people - p. 8; escape of Aboriginal people from Rottnest and rising tensions - p. 9; lack of records of Aboriginal people imprisoned on Rottnest and the conviction of an Aboriginal man Wewar for "murdering one of his own race" references to tensions between tradiotional and Western law - p. 15; scattered references thereafter.

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Architecture Australia Rottnest Island (W.A. : Island)
Noongar / Nyungar / Nyungah people (W41) (WA SI50)
Settlement and contacts - Colonisation - 1788-1850.
Law enforcement - Prisons - Prisoners.
Law - Indigenous - Relation to Anglo Australian law.
Race relations - Violent - Massacres, murders, poisonings etc. - To 1900.
Architecture.
Geschichte
Architektur
Rottnest Island (W.A. : Island) History.
Rottnest Island / Wadjemup (SW WA SH50-14)
Western Australia Rottnest Island (Island)
Rottnest Island

History.

Localisation: Bibliothèque main m 143756
Cote: IDM; ID:87-B18492
Statut: Disponible