Kie Daudai : notes and sketches from Cape York / Edwina Toohey
- Bib ID:
- 355334
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Toohey, Edwina
- Description:
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- Ravenshoe, Qld. : E. Toohey, c1994
- 324 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 21 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0646185454
- Summary:
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Story of Cape York history, people, mining, timber, fishing and pastoral industries before aviation; many descriptions of Aboriginal life, religion, pathways and effects of contact with Europeans; story of Barbara Thompson on Muralag; Gugu-mini and Palmer River gold rush; Guugu Yimidhirr at Hopevale mission; Wik-Mungkan at Aurukun; Kuku Yalanji stories; Djabuganydji of Barron river; Yidinyji pathways and astronomy; Ngatjen move to Cur -Cur at Atherton; Mamu life on Johnstone River; Giramay stories and conflict with Europeans; Gunganyji people of Cape Grafton; establishment of missions at Yarrabah and Palm Island; Dyirbal Rainbow Serpent story; Gayambula ceremonies at Ravenshoe area; religion of Wakoora people of Hodgkinson Valley; many references to place names, sacred sites and biographical information.
- Notes:
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- Captioned illustrations of string figures throughout text.
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: p. 309-316.
- Subject:
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- Aboriginal Australians -- Queensland -- Cape York Peninsula -- Social life and customs
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Queensland -- Cape York Peninsula
- String figures -- Queensland -- Cape Yorke Peninsula
- Mamu people (Y122) (Qld SE55-06)
- Kuku Yalanji / Gugu Yalandji people (Y78) (Qld SD55-13)
- Mining industry - Tin
- Gugu Mini / Kokomini people (Y94) (Qld SE54-04)
- Forestry - Sawmills
- Economic sectors - Agriculture and horticulture - Sugar
- Settlement and contacts - Explorers - Aboriginal guides
- Gunggandji / Gungandji people (Y114) (Qld SE55-06)
- Djabugay / Tjapukai / Djabuganjdji people (Y106) (Qld SE55-01)
- Indigenous knowledge - Ecology
- Torres Strait Islanders (Qld TSI SC54, SC55)
- Religion - Dreaming
- Stories and motifs - Rainbow serpent
- Occupations - Pastoral industry workers
- Language - Vocabulary - Place names
- Settlement and contacts - Colonisation
- Sites - Sacred sites
- Wik Mungkan people (Y57) (Qld SD54-07)
- Economic sectors - Pearling
- Gugu Wakura / Kuku Wagara people (Y104) (Qld SE55-01)
- Yidiny / Yidindji people (Y117) (Qld SE55-06)
- Indigenous knowledge - Astronomy
- Dyirbal / Djirbal / Jirrabul people (Y123) (Qld SE55-05)
- Race relations - Violent - Massacres, murders, poisonings etc. - To 1900
- Ngadyan / Ngadjon people (Y121) (Qld SE55-06)
- Guugu Yimidhirr / Gugu Yimithirr / Kuku Yimidhirr people (Y82) (Qld SD55-13)
- Fishing
- Sites - Ceremonial grounds
- Ceremonies
- Environment - Conservation - Forests
- Girramay people (Y127) (Qld SE55-06)
- Mining industry - Gold
- Cape York Peninsula (Qld.) -- History
- Hope Vale (Qld SE Cape York SD55-13)
- Palm Island (NE Qld SE55-10)
- Aurukun (Qld NW Cape York SD54-07)
- Cooktown (Qld SE Cape York SD55-13)
- Barron River (NE Qld SE55-02, SE55-05)
- Ravenshoe (NE Qld SE55-05)
- Palmer River (NE Qld SE54-04, SE55-01, SD55-13)
- Yarrabah / Cape Grafton (NE Qld SE55-02)
- Muralag / Prince of Wales Island (Qld TSI SC54-11)
- West Papua (W Papua PNG SC54-07, SC54-08)
- Aurukun (Qld Gulf, NW Cape York SD54-07)
- Atherton (NE Qld SE55-05)
- Copyright:
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1994
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