Down among the wild men : the narrative journal of fifteen years pursuing the old stone age Aborigines of Australia's Western Desert / John Greenway
- Bib ID:
- 1701622
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Greenway, John, 1919-
- Description:
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- Richmond, Vic. : Hutchinson of Australia, 1973, c1972
- 361 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0091162408
- Invalid ISBN:
- 0091162406 (corrected)
- Summary:
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Personal reminiscences adapted from field journals; describes work of H.M. Cooper at Hallett Cove; establishment of Tindales Kartan assemblage, trihybrid theory of population origin, Australian culture chronology (Kartan, Tartangan, Pirrian, Mudukian, Murundian); describes Umeewarra Mission, Yalata, ceremonial site similar to those described by R.H. Mathews in N.S.W.; Pitjandjara age categories & names, circumcision; discusses totemism, mythology (Wati Kutjara myth as example), ritual (Aranda contemplation of ritual objects compared to Stations of the Cross), prayer and magic; describes search for flint outcrop near Eucla; gives diagrams showing eight section & six section marriage systems; lists Pitjandjara names for grubs; gives diagram of spearthrower giving Pitjandjara names for each part & for materials used; cooking & sharing of food; diagram of marriage system of Maldjana; describes Red Ochre cult - punishment for breakers of ceremonial laws, quotes example of death of young woman at Amata; mining operations (chrysoprase) of Amata Society at Mount Davies described.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Subject:
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- Aboriginal Australians. Anthropology. Australia. Desert regions
- Aboriginal Australians. Antiquities. Australia. Desert regions. Personal observations
- Aboriginal Australians
- Aboriginal Australians -- Antiquities
- Ethnology -- Australia
- Religion - Totemism
- Technology - Tools
- Arrernte / Aranda people (C8) (NT SG53-02)
- Food - Sociocultural aspects - Sharing
- Religion - Rites - Ceremonial objects - Boards
- Ceremonies - Initiation
- Magic and sorcery - Clever people
- Mining industry - Mine workers
- Malkana / Malgana people (W18) (WA SG50-09)
- Weapons - Spearthrowers
- Stories and motifs
- Religions - Christianity - Missions - United Aboriginal Australians Mission
- Religions - Christianity - Missions
- Social organisation - Kinship - Marriage
- Pitjantjatjara people (C6) (NT SG52-11)
- Language - Vocabulary
- Initiation - Circumcision
- Food - Insects - Grubs
- Gascoyne / Murchison area (WA SG50)
- Yalata (Far West SA Nullarbor SH52-16, Nullarbor SH53-13)
- Amata / Tjungutu Uwankaraaku (SA Central Australia SG52-12)
- Western Australia - Central Australia (WA SE52, SF52, SG52)
- Umeewarra (West SA SI53-04)
- Mount Davies (SA Central Australia SG52-11)
- Koonibba (West SA SH53-09)
- Western Desert (WA SF51, SF52, SG51, SG52)
- Eucla (SE WA Nullarbor SH52-14)
- Kangaroo Island (SE SA SI53-16)
- New South Wales (NSW)
- South Central Northern Territory (NT)
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 2019
- Published status:
- Unpublished
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