Title: The Booandik Tribe of South Australian Aborigines
Subtitle: A sketch of their Habits, Customs, Legends and Language.  Also an account of the efforts made by Mr. and Mrs. James Smith to Christianise and Civilise them.
Description: As the subtitle suggests, an account of a missionary's interactions with and observations of the local Aboriginal people in the South-East of South Australia.  The largest part of the book is the ‘Memoirs’, accounts of the Smiths’ attempts to “Christianise and Civilise” but it also includes some information about moieties, customs and legends.  There is also a vocabulary of the Booandik language at the end of the book.

A sad picture emerges of the decline of a rich culture in a single generation, glimpsed through the gaps in this narrative.
Subjects: Booandik people, Booandik language, Buandik people, Buandik language, Aboriginal Australians, Aboriginal Australians -- South Australia -- South East Region, Aboriginal Australians -- South Australia -- South East Region -- Social life and customs, Aboriginal Australians -- South Australia -- South East Region -- Religion, Ethnology, Native races, Buandik (Australian people), Buandig (Australian people)
Places: South Australia, Mount Gambier, Rivoli Bay, Beachport, Port MacDonnell, Mount Schanck, Mount Muirhead, Guichen Bay
Time periods: 1845-1880