Content
Vol.1, pages 48-49; Natives of Moreton Island; Porpoises used in fishing; Huts, etc.; pages 81-83; Natives of Rockingham Bay; Canoes, etc.; Start of Kennedy expedition; pages 118-119; Bird Islands - artefacts, canoes; pages 120-127; Cape York - difficulty of obtaining vocabulary; Physical characters; Foods; pages 145- 159; Port Essington - adornment, bodily ornament, bodily ornamentation, canoes, weapons, food, medicine men, death, burial, mythology, government, age-grading, marriage, music and songs, social sanctions, intertribal warfare, psychology,; missionary efforts; pages 162-165; Cape York - Kennedy expedition pages 167-168; Moreton Island - camp life, fishing; pages 300-325; Cape York - rescue of Barbara Thompson from Aborigines of Kaurareg tribe; Dancing; Fighting; Tree-climbing; Cooking; Volume 2, pages 1- 32; Cape York - tribes (Gudang, Kaurareg, Muralaig); Papuan influence; Barter, warfare, revenge, cannibalism, marriage, polygamy, birth, food restrictions for women, mother-in-law avoidance, infanticide, naming, scarification, personal adornment, initiation; Canoes, weapons, huts, clothing; Food getting and cooking; Methods of fishing; Edible fruits and tubers; Government; Land-ownership; Mythology; Diseases and magic; Death and burial; pages 33-49; Torres Straits islands Kulkalaig tribe; Canoes, huts, ceremonial screen, physical description, native names of islands; pages 79-84; Theories as to origin of Aborigines; Racial characters of Torres Straits islanders; Linguistic affinities - Kaurareg and Miriam; pages 119-227; Statement of William Carron on Kennedy expedition; Encounters with friendly natives; Artefacts, weapons, ovens, other cooking methods; Farther north natives uniformly hostile; Princess Charlotte Bay area - huts and cooking places; Weymouth Bay - womens dress, foods, spears; pages 228-236; Statement of Jackey Jackey; pages 237-253; Statement of Dr. Vallack; pages 277-316; Comparative vocabularies of Kowrarega and Gudang; Some 800 words Names of places; pages 330-354; Remarks on the vocabularies, syntax, etc.; Similarities between Australian and Papuan dialects.