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On the Aborigines of Australia / by Augustus Oldfield ; with an introduction by M Helen Henderson.
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0859053598
Title
On the Aborigines of Australia / by Augustus Oldfield ; with an introduction by M Helen Henderson.
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Limited casebound ed.
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Carlisle, WA : Hesperian Press, c2005.
Carlisle, W.A. : Hesperian Press, 2005.
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Description
lviii, 74 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
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Oldfield, Augustus,
Originally published in the Transactions of the Ethnological Society of London, n.s., vol. 3, 1865, pp 215-298.
Henderson, M. H.
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Includes bibliographical references.
Summary
Extensive and observant notes on the Aborigines of W.A. especially the Wadjandi tribe; theories re origin and movements of Aborigines within Australia; physical description, particularly of people in N.W. of Western Australia; psychology; religious beliefs and legends (W. Aus.); watchandie and An-gaur-die tribes; death and burial; magic and revenge; War-ra-na-noo-Ra tribe; marriage; initiation; recreations; dancing and singing; legends; weapons; material cultue; clothing; foodgetting and cooking; fire-making; cannibalism; language; pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary (Wadjandi); short vocabulary of the Champion Bay tribe collected by R.J. Foley (Nanda); (Nanda)
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First Nations peoples are warned this item may contain images, voices and names of people who have passed, or be considered insensitive, inappropriate, or outdated. The item reflects the attitude of the author/s or the period in which it was written and does not represent the views of the Library.
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