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Showing 1 to 20 of 34 for “"European settlers"”.
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A comparative study of indigenous people's and early European settlers' usage of three Perth wetlands, Western Australia, 1829-1939
… the Nyoongar indigenous people and the early European settlers utilised three wetland environments in southwest Australia over the century between 1829 and 1939. The thesis offers both an ecological and a landscape perspective to changes in the wetlands of Herdsman Lake, Lake Joondalup and …
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Slawe, Khoekhoen en Nederlandse Pidgins aan die Kaap, ca. 1590-1720 : 'n kritiese ondersoek na die sosiohistoriese grondslae van die konvergensieteorie oor die ontstaan van Afrikaans
… at the Cape, viz. the Khoikhoi, slaves and European settlers is used.
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Plant Community Responses to Long-Term Seasonal Bison Grazing in the Dry Mixed Grassland of Saskatchewan
… significant alterations since the arrival of European settlers. Therefore, the remaining grasslands are considered a high conservation priority. While it is known that Plains bison (Bison bison bison) are a keystone species, it is not fully understood how plant communities respond to seasonal …
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In from the cold : Tom Wills – a nineteenth century sporting hero
… in what is recorded as the highest number of European settlers killed by aborigines in a single assault. Remarkably, only five years after his father’s murder, Tom Wills coached an aboriginal cricket team from western Victoria. Tom Wills’ life ended early, as did so many lives of colonial …
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Ecofeminism and the Gothic Archives of American Folk Horror : Shadows of the Anthropos
… that developed since the arrival of the first European settlers, my approach uncovers the dual and simultaneous exploitation of women and nature since 1492, focusing on the ways human and non-human Others continue to be at the mercy of anthropocentric and capitalocentric systems. American folk …
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Fourth world consumer culture: Emerging consumer cultures in remote Aboriginal communities of North-Western Australia
Over the two centuries since the arrival of European settlers in Australia, the material culture and lifestyle of the indigenous Aboriginal people of Australia has undergone dramatic change. Based on qualitative fieldwork in three remote Aboriginal communities in north-western Australia, this study …
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'This subject will not go away': Memorialising frontier conflict in South Australia
… colonial histories of frontier conflict between European settlers and Aboriginal peoples in South Australia. Using a case study approach, the thesis considers various way frontier violence has been memorialised around the state. Its case studies address: commemorations of contact between settlers …
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The origins, conduct and settlement of the North Charterland Exploration Company land dispute with the colonial office, 1895-1941
… led to the alienation of land for sale to European settlers and the introduction of the reserve policy in North Eastern Rhodesia. The disposal of land in the Concession was hampered by the terms of the Orders in Council of 1900 and 1911. Chapter two looks at the conflict between African …
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Secondary Analysis of Diabetes and Psychological Distress in American Indian Women from the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS).
<p>Since European settlers arrived to the United States (U.S.), American Indians (AI) have been separate and unequal members of society. After a long history of discrimination, ethnocide, genocide, and distrust, the AI have become a population with severe disparities, having the highest rates of …
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Establishing Monetary Valuation Methods for Forested Riparian Wetlands in the Continental United States
Forested floodplains were seen by early European settlers as areas to be exploited for timber, then drained for agricultural use of their fertile soils. Government programs were designed for federally subsidizing this land use conversion, and more than half of these ecosystems were indeed destroyed …
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Apocalypse and elegy in contemporary american fiction
… conceived of in the imagination of its first European settlers. While the traditional elegy moves towards consolation, the contemporary elegy often denies the mourner such release from grief. Consequently, in the contemporary novels discussed, consolation is to be found elsewhere. Indeed, I …
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Space and race : South African "native townships" as corruptions of suburban ideals for political ends
… between the races beginning with the earliest European settlers in the country. The first conflicts were over the right to the land. With industrialization came urbanization and the formation of the policy of apartheid: legislation requiring the separation of the races. Anglo-American suburban …
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Lungworm Infections, Reproduction and Summer Habitat Use of Bighorn Sheep in Custer State Park, South Dakota
… Black Hills and Badlands of South Dakota. When European settlers moved into this region during the late 1800' s, market hunting, loss of habitat, and introduction of animal diseases and parasites caused the subspecies of the region, the Audubon's bighorn sheep (O. c. auduboni), to become extinct …
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Bacterial Interactions of Inoculated Price's Potato Bean (<i>APIOS PRICEANA</i>): A Biological Study
… It is believed the Native Americans and early European settlers relied on this species as a source of protein and utilized the seeds for cultivation of the tuberous “potato” which formed. <em>Apios priceana</em> contains an average of 13% fiber, 6.9% protein, 71% carbohydrate and 9 of the 11 …
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Neighbours at Puhoi River: A cross-cultural dual biography of Te Hemara Tauhia(1815-1891) and Martin Krippner(1817-1894)
… both Tangata Whenua (indigenous peoples) and European settlers (Pākehā) perspectives. Looking at the same events from different angles and perspectives, a cross-cultural, dual biography can act like a prismatic tool, revealing the complexity of a shared history. The third aim of this research …
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Military Settlement in the Middle Waikato Basin
… formed a brief but distinctive phase in the European occupation of the Middle Waikato Basin. Prior to the 1863 - 1864 Waikato War, few Europeans, other than a small number of missionaries and traders, were settled in the region. The setting of the Middle Waikato Basin was largely unmodified …
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Sheep farming Tongariro District, 1855-1918 : Dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Diploma in Parks and Recreation at Lincoln University College, Canterbury
… use of the region prior to the arrival of the European settlers. As the early settlers had two critical problems of access and competition from the various introduced wild animals; a chapter describes each of these problems. The sheep-farming operations fall into five fairly clearly defined …
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The late holocene vegetation history of Lake Farm, South Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
… and is seen to have coincided with the influx of european settlers to the region. Principal Components Analysis has revealed that the vegetation distribution in the area has been most heavily influenced by human activity and moisture availability. The necessarily subjective interpretation of the …
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The Irish in Jamaica during the long eighteenth century (1698-1836)
… the connections that were developed with other European settlers and their networks. Her study outlined the unique position of the Irish in the West Indies, specifically those of the Catholic religion, who were able to move between the various islands with relative ease. She also emphasised the …
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Limp, laced-case binding in parchment on sixteenth-century Mexican printed books
… blended with the traditions and customs of the European settlers who arrived as conquerors, and the emigrants from Europe that arrivedlater searching for fortune or a better kind of life from the one they had left behind in their land of origin. This encounter of cultures gave rise also to a …
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