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Campfires at the cross : an account of the Bunting Dale Aboriginal Mission 1839-1951 at Birregurra, near Colac, Victoria : with a biography of Francis Tuckfield / Heather Le Griffon.

Campfires at the cross : an account of the Bunting Dale Aboriginal Mission 1839-1951 at Birregurra, near Colac, Victoria : with a biography of Francis Tuckfield / Heather Le Griffon.
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ISBN 1740971124
Author Le Griffon, Heather (author)
Title Campfires at the cross : an account of the Bunting Dale Aboriginal Mission 1839-1951 at Birregurra, near Colac, Victoria : with a biography of Francis Tuckfield / Heather Le Griffon.
Other title Campfires at the cross.
Bunting Dale Aboriginal Mission eighteen thirty nine to nineteen fifty one.
Publisher and/or associated date/s North Melbourne, Vic. : Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2006.
Description xiii, 321 pages, 12 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 21 cm.
Note "Arcadia.".
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 308-316) and index.
Contents 1: A Serious Situation 1 -- 2: Francis Tuckfield Heeds the Call 15 -- 3: Everyone's Going to Port Phillip 31 -- 4: It Certainly is a Delightful Spot 46 -- 5: Not a Level Playing Field 60 -- 6: Into the Lion's Den 78 -- 7: Travel, Turmoil and Terror 95 -- 8: There's Movement on the Station 117 -- 9: Crimes, Catastrophes and Collisions 140 -- 10: Trials and Tribulations 157 -- 11: The Harassment of Hurst 177 -- 12: Exits, an Excursion and the Unexpected 197 -- 13: A Man on a Mission 212 -- 14: The Winds of Change 226 -- 15: Accusing Eyes Across the Border 240 -- 16: Now the Mission Bells Lie Silent 261 -- 17: Epilogue 275.
Summary Annotation pending.
Subjects Tuckfield, Francis, -- 1808-1865
Bunting Dale Aboriginal Mission (Birregurra, Vic.) -- History
Aboriginal Australians -- Victoria -- Birregurra -- Social life and customs
Religions - Christianity - Missionaries
Religions - Christianity - Methodist Church
Religions - Christianity - Missions
Feuds and warfare
Race relations - Violent
Settlement and contacts - Settlers
Wathawurrung / Wada wurrung / Wathaurong people (S29) (Vic SJ54-12)
Aboriginal Australians -- Missions -- Australia -- Victoria -- History
Aboriginal Australians -- Victoria -- Social conditions
Aboriginal Australians -- Victoria -- Birregurra -- Social conditions
Aboriginal Australians -- Missions -- Victoria
Aboriginal Australians -- Missions -- Birregurra (Vic.)History
Colac (W Vic SJ54-12)
Birregurra (W Vic SJ54-12)
Buntingdale (W Vic SJ54-12)
Port Phillip / Western Port area (Vic SJ55)
Birregurra (Vic.) -- History
Call number 2020.236
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A00926498 2020.236
General Collection   . Available to Museum Staff .  
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