Subject	Aboriginal Australians–Australia–Western Australia
	Missionaries
	Missionary settlements
	Western Australia–History
Category	1. Settlement
Author	Salvado, Rosendo
Publisher	S. Congreg. de Propaganda Fide
Place Of Publication	Roma
Current Holder	National Library of Australia
Period Of Reference	1851/1851
Series Number	N 919.4 SAL
Item Number	899301
Access Rights	Digitised
Rights	Out of Copyright
Country Of Origin	Italy
Place	New Norcia
Language	Italian
Description From Source	1 map (folded) ; 24 cm. The establishment and early years of the Benedictine Mission at New Norcia, Western Australia, and the story of its founder, preceded by a general survey of Australia and followed by accounts of the Aboriginals. Copy of the first Italian edition (1851) bound with engraved plated from the third Spanish edition; includes Europeanised depictions of body decoration (cicatrization, nasal piercing) butchery with taap knife, family group, death spears and spearthrower, fire making and burial not reproduced in other editions. There are notes on the natural history, including accounts of whales and whaling.
Physical Format	Books
Related Resources	https://omaa-arts.sydney.edu.au/texts/2247/
	https://omaa-arts.sydney.edu.au/texts/2763/
Bibliographic Citation	https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/N4RHZCAA/
	https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/7JJAJX6Q/
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