Canberra / by W. Davis Wright
- Bib ID:
- 1597429
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Wright, W. Davis (William Davis), approximately 1843-1924
- Description:
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- Sydney : Andrew, 1923
- 95 pages : port. ; 19 cm.
- Summary:
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Personal reminiscences, brief biographical sketches of early settlers, origins of local place names; p.56-65; Manners and customs of Aborigines - brief notes on burial of Hongkong, chief of Kamberra tribe, population estimate, spears, club, shields, animal foods, preparation & cooking of possum, food sharing, betrothal, initiation rite held at Jedbenbilla Mountain (tooth avulsion), feast & marriage ceremony (beaten possum skins, body ornaments), bark canoes, employment as stockmen, combat vengeance for murder.
- Subject:
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- Wright, W. Davis (William Davis), approximately 1843-1924
- Aboriginal Australians -- Australian Capital Territory -- History
- Aboriginal Australians -- Australian Capital Territory -- Biography
- Occupations - Pastoral industry workers
- Material culture - Fur and skin objects and decorations
- Weapons - Clubs and fighting sticks
- Hunting
- Gender relations - Betrothal
- Language - Vocabulary - Animal names
- Ngunawal / Ngunnawal language (D3) (NSW SI55-16)
- Initiation - Tooth avulsion
- Death - Mortuary / funeral ceremonies
- Ceremonies - Initiation
- Ngunawal / Ngunnawal people (D3) (NSW SI55-16)
- Settlement and contacts - Settlers
- Weapons - Spears
- Food - Sociocultural aspects - Sharing
- Food - Preparation
- Food - Meat - Possum
- Feuds and warfare - Avenging
- Literature and stories - Non fiction
- Transport - Water - Canoes
- Demography
- Food - Preparation - Cooking - Meat
- Literature and stories - Non indigenous
- Weapons - Shields
- Language - Vocabulary - Place names
- Canberra Region (A.C.T.) -- History
- Canberra Region (A.C.T.) -- Biography
- Tuggeranong (Canberra ACT SI55-16)
- Queanbeyan (S NSW SI55-16)
- Canberra (ACT SI55-16)
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1924
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1923
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