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in 1886, an extensive work on the
Aboriginal people, their habits and their dialects, compiled from numerous reports he had elicited from settlers, missionaries and others who had direct knowledge of Indigenous peoples of Australia, and who responded to his questionnaires.
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February 1841 Curr returned to the District to manage a handful of his father's
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Australian race: its origin, languages, customs, place of landing in Australia and the routes by which it spread itself over the continent
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February 1851 Curr and two of his younger brothers sailed to England, with Curr then embarking on travel around parts of
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Prentis, Malcolm D. (1998). "Research and friendship: John Mathew and his
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The Australian Race : its origins, languages, customs
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250:foot-and-mouth disease
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