Overview of relationship between archaeology, ethnography and history; site typology; formation and destruction of sites; practical guide to excavation, dating, analysis and interpretation of archaeological materials; Victorian legislation to protect Aboriginal relics and its implementation; impact of European settlement on traditional culture and subsistence. Contents include: Part 1: Introduction; Part 2: Modes of Aboriginal subsistence; Part 3: Culture change; Part 4: The protectorate 1840-1850; Part 5: British justice and the aboriginals; Part 6: Extermination or assimilation; Appendix 1: Selective documentation from the past; References; Footnotes.
Bibliography: p. 247-251.