Savage or civilised?

Savage or civilised?: manners in colonial Australia

by Russell, Penny

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"In colonial Australia manners marked the difference between savagery and civilisation, between vulgarity and refinement. Colonists recoiled in shock and confusion at the customs of Indigenous Australians, but they also sensed the savagery lurking in white society. Manners mattered, to individuals and to society. Original and compelling, Savage or Civilised? is the story of behaviour, respect and manners in colonial Australia."--Publisher's description.

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  • Full title :Savage or civilised? : manners in colonial Australia / by Penny Russell.

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"In colonial Australia manners marked the difference between savagery and civilisation, between vulgarity and refinement. Colonists recoiled in shock and confusion at the customs of Indigenous Australians, but they also sensed the savagery lurking in white society. Manners mattered, to individuals and to society. Original and compelling, Savage or Civilised? is the story of behaviour, respect and manners in colonial Australia."--Publisher's description.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2010.

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"A New South book"--Title page verso.

The Physical Object

  • Description:x, 406 pages : : illustrations (chiefly color) ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780868408606, 0868408603
  • oclc:ocn647161289
  • LC Classification:DU107
  • Dewey Decimal:390.099409033

Table of Contents

Civil frontiers -- Gestures of peace and friendship -- Squatters and gentlemen -- High society -- Transgressions of a lady -- Defending professional honour -- Domestic worlds -- Trials of a governess -- Duties of a good husband -- Keeping up appearances -- New publics -- Street parade -- Social climbing.

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Subjects

Australia Australia -- History -- 1788-1900 Australia -- Social life and customs Australie -- Histoire -- 1788-1900 Australie -- Mœurs et coutumes Black, Niel Courtesy Courtesy -- History. -- Australia Cultural protocols Dawson, Robert Leycester Etiquette Etiquette -- History. -- Australia Glenormiston (W Vic SJ54-12) History Karuah River (NSW N Coast SI56-02) Manners and customs Settlement and contacts - Colonisation … Settlement and contacts -- Settlers Worimi / Gadang / Kattang people (E2) (…

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Russell, Penny

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