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The Bundian Way is an ancient Aboriginal route that traversed the land between Targangal (Mount Kosciuszko) and the coast at Bilgalera (Twofold Bay, Eden).At the time of its heritage listing, the Bundian Way had been recently surveyed and researched by the Eden Aboriginal Land Council and John Blay who have identified the extent of the 265-kilometre (165 mi) route.
A songline, also called dreaming track, is one of the paths across the land (or sometimes the sky) within the animist belief systems of the Aboriginal cultures of Australia. They mark the route followed by localised "creator-beings" in the Dreaming. These routes serve as crucial connections between individuals and their ancestral lands ...
A person who discovered a new trading route had the exclusive right to trade along the same route in the future. Often clans collectivized trading routes to gain a monopoly on a certain type of trade. [20] Iroquois with Western goods, presumably acquired through trade (French engraving, 1722)
In turn, Native American demand influenced the trade of goods brought by Europeans. Economic contact between Native Americans and European colonists began in the early stages of European settlement. [1] From the 17th century to the 19th century, the English and French mainly traded for animal pelts and fur with Native Americans. [2]
Roadside sign at the southern end of the Canning Stock Route, near Wiluna. In Western Australia at the beginning of the 20th century, east Kimberley cattlemen were looking for a way to traverse the western deserts of Australia with their cattle as a way to break a west Kimberley monopoly that controlled the supply of beef to Perth and the goldfields in the south of the state.
In some Indian history the white man became a hated person. The more successful trade routes between English colonists and Native Americans in the United States were from explorers and mappers, [15] they were seen as less of a threat and would often spend several days inside Indian Territory in order to survive the harshness of the land.
Norman Barnett Tindale AO (12 October 1900 – 19 November 1993) was an Australian anthropologist, archaeologist, entomologist and ethnologist.He is best remembered for his work mapping the various tribal groupings of Aboriginal Australians at the time of European settlement, shown in his map published in 1940.
The route from Fort William was slightly farther north. The two routes led to and joined at Lac La Croix. [15] Each was a rendezvous point of sorts for the routes that reached into the interior. The other main route started at York Factory where the Hayes River empties into Hudson Bay. [15] It led to Norway House on Lake Winnipeg. Later, the ...