Australia's muslim cameleers : pioneers of the inland, 1860s-1930s / Philip Jones and Anna Kenny.

By:

Jones, Philip G, 1955- [Author]

Contributor(s):

Kenny, Anna []

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Kent Town, South Australia : Wakefield Press, in association with South Australian Museum, (c)2010.Edition: Revisedition. editionDescription: 1 online resource (199 pages) : illustrations (some colour), portraits (some colour), facsimiles (some colour), maps (some colour)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781862548725
9781743059005

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

DU122 .A978 2010

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Contents:

Reflecting on Australia's Muslim cameleer heritage / Philip Jones -- Australia's early Muslim settlements / Anna Kenny -- Who were the cameleers? -- To Australia, with camels. The idea of camels ; The first cameleers arrive for the Burke and Wills Expedition, 1860 ; Beltana and Umberatana stations -- With the explorers. Saleh Mahomed ; Elder Expedition, 1891-1892 ; Horn Scientific Exploration Expedition, 1894 ; Calvert Expedition, 1896-1897 ; Strzelecki Expedition, 1916 ; Madigan Simpson Desert Expedition, 1939 -- Working with camels. Nose-pegs, hobbles and bells ; Branding and licensing ; Saddle-making ; Pack-saddles ; Riding saddles ; Tying on the load ; Contractors to entrepreneurs ; Carrying wool ; Carrying water ; Stations, townships and mines ; Other trades: hawkers ; Other trades: miners ; Other trades: herbalists -- The cameleers and Aboriginal people -- Life in camel camps and townships -- Pioneers or aliens? -- Representation and memory. The 'last Afghans' ; Remembering the cameleers -- Acknowledgements -- References -- A biographical listing of Australia's Muslim cameleers.

Subject: "Between 1870 and 1920 as many as 2000 cameleers and 20,000 camels arrived in Australia from Afghanistan and northern India. Australia's Muslim Cameleers is a rich pictorial history of these men, their way of life and the vital role they played in pioneering transport and communication routes across outback Australia's vast expanses. Many of the images and artefacts in this fascinating account are published here for the first time, and the book contains a biographical listing of more than 1200 cameleers." --

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	URL	Status	Date due	Barcode
Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD)	G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE	Non-fiction	DU122.87 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		on1322797192

Cover designed by Liz Nicholson, designBITE.

Designed and typeset by Angela Makris, South Australian Museum.

Edited by Kathy Sharrad, Wakefield Press.

First published: 2007.

Foreword by Dr Suzanne Miller, Director, South Australian Museum.

Includes a brief biographical list of more than 1300 Muslim cameleers. The list also contains the names of Sikh cameleers, who worked in parts of the Australian inland.

Includes bibliographical references.

Foreword -- Reflecting on Australia's Muslim cameleer heritage / Philip Jones -- Australia's early Muslim settlements / Anna Kenny -- Who were the cameleers? -- To Australia, with camels. The idea of camels ; The first cameleers arrive for the Burke and Wills Expedition, 1860 ; Beltana and Umberatana stations -- With the explorers. Saleh Mahomed ; Elder Expedition, 1891-1892 ; Horn Scientific Exploration Expedition, 1894 ; Calvert Expedition, 1896-1897 ; Strzelecki Expedition, 1916 ; Madigan Simpson Desert Expedition, 1939 -- Working with camels. Nose-pegs, hobbles and bells ; Branding and licensing ; Saddle-making ; Pack-saddles ; Riding saddles ; Tying on the load ; Contractors to entrepreneurs ; Carrying wool ; Carrying water ; Stations, townships and mines ; Other trades: hawkers ; Other trades: miners ; Other trades: herbalists -- The cameleers and Aboriginal people -- Life in camel camps and townships -- Pioneers or aliens? -- Representation and memory. The 'last Afghans' ; Remembering the cameleers -- Acknowledgements -- References -- A biographical listing of Australia's Muslim cameleers.

"Between 1870 and 1920 as many as 2000 cameleers and 20,000 camels arrived in Australia from Afghanistan and northern India. Australia's Muslim Cameleers is a rich pictorial history of these men, their way of life and the vital role they played in pioneering transport and communication routes across outback Australia's vast expanses. Many of the images and artefacts in this fascinating account are published here for the first time, and the book contains a biographical listing of more than 1200 cameleers." --

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