The land of Ulitarra : early records of the aborigines of the Mid-North Coast of New South Wales / compiled and edited by J.S. Ryan
- Bib ID:
- 258991
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Ryan, J. S. (John Sprott)
- Description:
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- Grafton : Mid-North Coast Regional Office, Dept. of University Extension, University of New England, 1964
- xv, 241 p., 7 p. of plates : ill., maps ; 33 cm.
- Summary:
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Place names, social organization; totemic classes, centres, etc., increase ceremonies; Tribal fights, disarticulation of one of the little finger joints as a betrothal custom; Initiation rites, magic, superstitions, leadership, funeral ceremonies, mythology and folklore; Daily life in a seasonal environment, hunting and collecting food, types of food Rock shelters, paintings, typology, assimilation, list of document records of early settlers and their descendants, vocabularies; Information taken from A.C. McDougall, W.J. Enright, R.H. Mathews and many others.
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- Bibliography: p. 235-239.
- Subject:
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- Aboriginal Australians -- New South Wales -- History
- Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs
- Death - Mortuary / funeral ceremonies
- Language - Vocabulary - Place names
- Religion - Rites - Increase
- Housing - Shelters - Rock shelters
- Social organisation
- Gender relations - Betrothal
- Feuds and warfare
- Ceremonies - Initiation
- Initiation - Finger amputation
- Religion - Totemism
- Hunting, gathering and fishing
- Environment - Climate and weather - Seasons
- New South Wales North Coast (NSW N Coast SH56)
- New South Wales North Coast (NSW N Coast SH56, SI56)
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 1964
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