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An account of the tribes of South Australian Aborigines inhabiting the country around the Lake Alexandrina, Albert and Coorong, and the lower part of the River Murray. 8.75" x 5", dark green cloth hardcover, no external titles, pp [i - iii] iv [v - vi] 1 - 107. This is the 1874 first (softcover) edition, which has been neatly rebound in hardcover, complete except for the frontispiece. Bottom edge of the last page (107) torn, without loss of text.

Adelaide :J.T. Shawyer, Printer, 1874. Octavo, original flushcut limp cloth (somewhat sunned) with printed title label to front (loss to top left corner of label), front pastedown with bookplate of John Calaby, frontispiece tipped-in albumen print photograph with montage of head-and-shoulder portraits of identified Narrinyeri (Ngarrindjeri) men and women by Townsend Duryea, pp. iv, [ii], 107; a very good copy. The frontispiece portraits of Aboriginal residents of Point Macleay Mission include one of James Unaipon, deacon at the Church of Point Macleay and father of David Unaipon.

An Account of the Tribes of South Australian Aborigines inhabiting the country around Lake Alexandrina, Albert and Coorong.First edition. Albumen print frontispiece showing five Aboriginal portraits. 8vo. Original limp red cloth, spine rubbed, some minor spotting throughout. iv, 107pp. Adelaide, Scarce. The Narrinyeri were a loose confederacy of eighteen tribes based around the Murray lakes. Taplin's mission to them began in 1859 as the Aboriginal Friends Association's first missionary-teacher. He quickly learned the language, preached in it and translated bible tracts into it. "He published invaluable anthropological studies which were much superior to contemporary work on South Australian Aboriginals. His papers on philology and ethnology were acclaimed in Australia and abroad" (ADNB).   Taplin later led the first official ethnographical survey of South Australia. This work includes a chapter on language and vocabulary. The frontispiece composite photograph is by Townsend Duryea.   Ferguson 16706; Holden, 106.