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Ted Schurmann Ted Schurmann i(A2167 works by) (birth name: Edwin Adolf Schurmann)
Also writes as: Ben Titus ; S. A. Tedd ; John Shurman ; Edwin A. Schurmann ; E. A. Schurmann
Born: Established: 7 Aug 1917 Natimuk, Horsham area, North West Victoria, Victoria, ; Died: Ceased: 1 Feb 2009 Surrey Hills, Box Hill - Burwood area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,
Gender: Male
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1 2 y separately published work icon The Big Horses Ted Schurmann , South Australia : Omnibus Books , 1993 Z857847 1993 single work children's fiction children's
1 2 y separately published work icon Boobook E. A. Schurmann , Sydney : Hodder and Stoughton Australia Margaret Hamilton Books , 1991 Z857802 1991 single work children's fiction children's
1 2 y separately published work icon The Moon is Shining E. A. Schurmann , Sydney : Hodder and Stoughton , 1988 Z857745 1988 single work children's fiction children's
1 y separately published work icon I'd Rather Dig Potatoes : Clamor Schurmann and the Aborigines of South Australia 1838-1853 Ted Schurmann , Adelaide : Lutheran Publishing House , 1987 Z1501242 1987 single work biography Work of Clamor Schurmann from Dresden Missionary Society around Adelaide and Port Lincoln areas 1838-1858; biographical information and personal names re local Aboriginal people; work as Deputy Protector of Aborigines; work on dictionary of native vocabulary; establishment of school for native children which was later absorbed into Poonindie Mission; attempts to intervene in massacres and other indiscriminate killing of Aboriginal people in retaliation for killing of whites and theft of food; Police Commissioner, Major OHalloran given authority to try, sentence and execute Aboriginal people by Governor Gawler; body ornamentation; weapons and utensils especially skin; food and hunting and gathering techniques; marriage and treatment of women; traditional medicine; initiation rites; sorcery and afterdeath beliefs; fighting; mortuary practices; bullroarers; encounters with Nawo, Ngadjun and Ngaiawang people.
1 2 y separately published work icon Charlie Up a Gum Tree E. A. Schurmann , Sydney : Hodder and Stoughton , 1985 Z855697 1985 single work children's fiction children's
1 y separately published work icon The Showie Ted Schurmann , Adelaide : Rigby , 1979 Z562886 1979 single work novel
1 y separately published work icon Shop! Ted Schurmann , Adelaide : Rigby , 1975 Z1399266 1975 selected work short story
2 1 y separately published work icon No Trains on Sunday Edwin A. Schurmann , Sydney London : Ure Smith , 1967 Z857829 1967 single work children's fiction children's A series of anecdotes about the experiences of 11 year old Willie Kohlmann living in a small Wimmera town in the late 1920s
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