Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)

The last battle of Mua:, eleven texts, Anna Shnukal

Label
The last battle of Mua:, eleven texts, Anna Shnukal
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Bibliography: p. 180-181
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The last battle of Mua:
Responsibility statement
Anna Shnukal
Sub title
eleven texts
Summary
Collation of and commentary on eleven accounts of the last massacre of the Muans carried out in the early 1870s; historical evidence for population loss and warfare on Mabuyag, Badu and Mua Islands; tabulation of individuals named in the accounts; assessment of accounts as historical and ethnographic information; features of Torres Strait story telling; dating the battle

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