Eseli's notebook / by Peter Eseli ; translated from Kala Lagaw Ya into English ; edited and annotated by Anna Shnukal and Rod Mitchell, with Yuriko Nagata
- Bib ID:
- 126907
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Eseli, Peter
- Description:
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- [Brisbane] : Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit, University of Queensland, 1998
- viii, 208 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 30 cm.
- Series:
- Research report series (University of Queensland. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit) ; no. 3.
- Summary:
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Introductory background to author's biography, texts and translation, Mabuiag (Jervis) Island, clans and territoriality, cosmology, seasonality and star calendar, Christianity, Pacific Islanders, genealogies, Kala Lagaw Ya language; notebook contains information on seasonal indicators, constellations, Coming of the Light, genealogical information on councillors and clan leaders, clan territoriality and ownership - extensive genealogical information (relationships with people of Yam, Yorke, Prince of Wales, Two Brothers, Banks, Dalrymple Islands); Appendices - song text and music, marriage proposal of Peter Eseli's mother and father, meaning of traditional male and female names.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-197).
- Subject:
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- Kala Lagaw Ya language
- Torres Strait Islanders -- Queensland -- Mabuiag Island -- Genealogy
- Religions - Christianity - Ceremonies - Coming of the Light
- Social organisation - Clans
- History - Genealogy and family history
- Subsistence and economy - Seasonality
- Geography - Territories and boundaries
- Indigenous knowledge - Astronomy
- Kalaw Lagaw Ya / Kala Lagaw Ya language (Y1) (Qld TSI SC54-07)
- Mabuiag Island (Qld.) -- Social life and customs
- Mabuiag Island (Qld.) -- Genealogy
- Mabuiag / Jervis Island (Qld TSI SC54-07)
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- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 1998
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