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By Penny Russell

ISBN-10: 0868408603

ISBN-13: 9780868408606

In colonial Australia manners marked the variation among savagery and civilisation, among vulgarity and refinement. Colonists recoiled in surprise and confusion on the customs of Indigenous Australians, yet in addition they sensed the savagery lurking in white society. Manners mattered, to members and to society. unique and compelling, Savage or Civilised? is the tale of behaviour, recognize and manners in colonial Australia.

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