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The dying world in Northwest Australia / Helmet Petri ; translated by Ian Campbell.

The dying world in Northwest Australia / Helmet Petri ; translated by Ian Campbell.
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ISBN 9780859050913
0859050912
Author Petri, Helmut
Uniform Title Sterbende welt in Nordwest-Australien. English
Title The dying world in Northwest Australia / Helmet Petri ; translated by Ian Campbell.
Publisher and/or associated date/s Carlisle, W.A. : Hesperian Press, c2011.
Description x, 276 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Note Originally published in German: Braunschweig, Germany : Albert Limbach, c1954.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary Petri's volume Sterbende welt in nordwest Australien, first appeared in 1954 and presents the complexities and the conundrums that appear within the concepts that underpin Ngarinyin religious philosophy. This translation reveals the depths of Petri's grasp of the anthropology of peoples of the north Kimberley.
Language In English.
Subjects Frobenius-Institut's Kimberley Expedition -- 1938-1939
Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Kimberley -- Social life and customs
Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Kimberley -- Folklore
Mythology, Aboriginal Australian -- Western Australia -- Kimberley
Ngarinyin (Australian people)
Kimberley (W.A.) -- Social life and customs
Other Authors &/or Associated Persons Campbell, Ian
Call number 305.89915 PET
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