Nature and grace in Fiji [manuscript]. [1859?]

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Nature and grace in Fiji [manuscript]. [1859?]

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/225790880

Thought to be based on Fiji and the Fijians edited by G.S. Rowe. Authorship has been attributed to L. Fison. The work describes Fijian customs, cannibalism, feasts and ceremonies.

68 p.

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Libraries Australia

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Fison, Lorimer, 1832-1907

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Clergyman and anthropologist. Joint author (with A.W. Howitt) of Kamilaroi and Kurnai. From the description of Correspondence [manuscript]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225756881 Lorimer Fison was a Wesleyan missionary, anthropologist and journalist. He worked in Fiji as a missionary from 1863-1871 and 1875-1884. Fison published influential works on Fijian systems of kinship and land tenure; later he conducted careful studies of Aboriginal culture and social or...