Koonwarra : a naturalist's adventures in Australia / by Charles Barrett
- Bib ID:
- 1023878
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Barrett, Charles, 1879-1959
- Description:
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- London : Oxford University Press, H. Milford, 1939
- vii-xii, 315, [1] p., [47] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Summary:
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Method of catching Murray cod & eels; mention of Hissing Swan, head man of Kirroe Wuurong (Victoria); rock carvings at Mootwingee; brief notes on dendroglyphs, N.S.W., cylindro conical stones, mourning custom of Murray River tribes; description of fish traps, Hinchinbrook Island; outline of legend of Gauba the snake (Central Australia); corroboree at Tea-Tree Well; massacre at copper mine by Wolwanga natives; Water Lily, staple food, method of cooking; Delamere paintings; life on Missions (Bathurst Island, Hermannsburg, Jay Creek, Groote Eylandt); tree burial.
- Subject:
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- Natural history -- Australia
- Aboriginal Australians
- Arrernte / Aranda people (C8) (NT SG53-02)
- Fishing - Fish traps
- Stories and motifs - Fish
- Death - Mortuary / funeral ceremonies
- Stories and motifs - Snakes
- Art - Sculpture - Tree carving
- Death - Mourning
- Food - Seafood - Fish
- Animals - Fish - Eels
- Art - Rock art - Engraving
- Ngangikurunggurr people (N8) (NT SD52-11)
- Bolali people (D11) (NSW SH54-16)
- Religions - Christianity - Missions
- Gathering
- Art - Tree carving
- Barindji people (D12) (NSW SI54-04)
- Yirawirung people (S12) (SA SI54-10)
- Gun-nartpa / Gunardba people (N81) (NT SD53-02)
- Dance - Ceremonial
- Mining industry - Copper
- Plants - Water lilies
- Religion - Rites - Ceremonial objects - Stones - Cylcons
- Art - Rock engraving
- Religion - Rites - Ceremonial objects - Stones
- Religions - Christianity - Lutheran Church
- Wulwulam people (N32) (NT SD52-08)
- Gamilaraay / Gamilaroi / Kamilaroi people (D23) (NSW SH55-12)
- Warumungu people (C18) (NT SE53-10)
- Wiradjuri people (D10) (NSW SI55-07)
- Giraiwurung / Girrea / Kirrae Whurrong people (S25) (Vic SJ54-12)
- Religions - Christianity - Catholic Church
- Death - Mortuary / funeral ceremonies - Tree and platform burial
- Wajuk people (W9) (WA SI50-02)
- Australia -- Description and travel
- Arnhem Land (NT)
- Southwest New South Wales (SW NSW SI54, SI55)
- North West Victoria (NW Vic SI55)
- Iwupataka / Jay Creek (South Central NT SF53-14)
- Bathurst Island (NT SC52-15)
- Ntaria / Hermannsburg (South Central NT SF53-13)
- Cape York Peninsula (Qld SC54, SD54, SD55)
- Mutawintji / Mootwingee / Mutanie (NW NSW SH54-15)
- River Murray (SW NSW, N Vic, SE SA SI54, SI55)
- Delamere (North NT SD52-16)
- Groote Eylandt (NT Gulf Islands SD53-07, SD53-08)
- Hinchinbrook Island (NE Qld SE55-10)
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2029 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1959
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1939
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