CONTENTS PACK Buckley, the Wild White Man h The Wild White Man’s Port Phillip Black Friends f 1 Lieutenant Tuckey’s Narrative 23 The French and the Blacks in 1803 24 Sturt and the Murray Blacks in 1830 25 Major Mitchell and the Blacks in 1836 30 The Association and the Blacks 31 Mr. Batman and the Blacks 34 Mr. Wedge and the Blacks in 1835 35 The First Overlander and the Blacks 41 Count Strzlecki and the Gipps Land Blacks 42 Mr. McMillan and the Wild Gipps Land Natives 44 The Wild Blacks of Lake Hindmarsh 46 Physical Appearance and character of the Port Phillip Blacks 47 Clothing, Ornaments, and Tenements 49 Food and Cooking 50 Hunting 52 Songs and Dances 53 Women and Children 62 Marriages 64 Infanticide and Cannibalism 68 Weapons 71 Religion and Missions 72 Superstitions 76 Diseases 81 Death and Burial 83 Language 85 Origin of the N atives 87 Conflicts of Whites and Blacks 88 Native Rights and British Rule 91 Protectors and Native Police 92 Sketches of Native Character 93 Civilization and Decline 95
