The Territory / by Ernestine Hill ; decorations by Elizabeth Durack
- Bib ID:
- 1059657
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Hill, Ernestine, 1899-1972
- Description:
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- Sydney : Walkabout Pocketbooks, 1970
- 454 p. : ill., map. ; 22 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0725400196
- Summary:
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General ref. to physical & mental characteristics, effect of white contact, relations with early settlers; Malay influence in Arnhem Land; Brief mention of fish weirs on Daly River, census of Larrakea (in 1870); stone arrangements near MacaArthur River Station; cave paintings & skeletons in Walgandu cave near Mountain Creek (Roper River tributary); paintings near Ooraminna Rockholes; Account of organization & life of Warramunga people; General beliefs supertitions, food and birth customs; Many tribes mentioned.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Subject:
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- Sites - Stone arrangements
- Reproduction - Childbirth
- Larrakia / Laragiya / Gulumirrgin people (N21) (NT SD52-04)
- Warumungu people (C18) (NT SE53-10)
- Fishing - Fish weirs
- Art - Subjects - Contact
- Art - Rock art - Painting
- Northern Territory -- History
- Northern Territory -- Description and travel
- Arnhem Land (NT)
- Ooraminna (South Central NT SG53-02)
- Daly Waters (North NT SE53-01)
- Roper River (NT Top End SD53-09, SD53-10, SD53-11)
- Other authors/contributors:
- Durack, Elizabeth
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1970
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