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Back in the stone age : the natives of Central Australia / by Charles Chewings
Bib ID 1854429
Format BookBook
Author
Chewings, Charles, 1859-1937
 
Description Sydney : Angus & Robertson, 1936 
xviii, 161 p., [19] leaves of plates : ill., map ; 23 cm. 
Notes

Includes index.

National Library of Australia's Whelan copy has original dustjacker; signature of the author, Glen Osmond S.A. 1/1/1937 pasted inside front cover.

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Subjects Aboriginal Australians -- Australia, Central -- Social life and customs.  |  Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs.  |  Ethnology.  |  Indigenous peoples.  |  Alyawarr -- Alyawarre language (C14) (NT SF53-07)  |  Alyawarr -- Alyawarre people (C14) (NT SF53-07)  |  Arrernte -- Aranda language (C8) (NT SG53-02)  |  Arrernte -- Aranda people (C8) (NT SG53-02)  |  Pinkangarna -- Bin-gongina language (C21) (NT SE53-09)  |  Pinkangarna -- Bin-gongina people (C21) (NT SE53-09)  |  Jingulu -- Djingili -- Jingili language (C22) (NT SE53-06)  |  Jingulu -- Djingili -- Jingili people (C22) (NT SE53-06)  |  Kaytetye -- Kaytej language (C13) (NT SF53-06)  |  Kaytetye -- Kaytej people (C13) (NT SF53-06)  |  Luritja -- Loritja language (C7.1) (NT SG52-04)  |  Luritja -- Loritja people (C7.1) (NT SG52-04)  |  Pitjantjatjara language (C6) (NT SG52-11)  |  Pitjantjatjara people (C6) (NT SG52-11)  |  Wakaya language (C16) (NT SE53-15)  |  Wakaya people (C16) (NT SE53-15)  |  Warlpiri language (C15) (NT SF52-04)  |  Warlpiri people (C15) (NT SF52-04)  |  Warumungu language (C18) (NT SE53-01)  |  Warumungu people (C18) (NT SE53-10)  |  Wirangu language (C1) (SA SH53-14)  |  Wirangu people (C1) (SA SH53-14)  |  Yumu language (C11) (NT SF52-16)  |  Yumu people (C11) (NT SF52-16)  |  Aboriginal Australians.  |  Feuds and warfare -- Avenging.  |  Social organisation -- Avoidance rules -- Language.  |  Body -- Scarification.  |  Habitation -- Camps.  |  Ceremonies -- Rain making.  |  Children.  |  Health -- Treatments -- Traditional -- Clever people.  |  Communications -- Message sticks.  |  Communications -- Nonverbal -- Sign language and gestures.  |  Costume and clothing -- Hair dressing.  |  Costume and clothing -- Necklaces, pendants, etc.  |  Costume and clothing -- Nose pegs and piercing.  |  Costume and clothing -- Pubic covering.  |  Death -- Mourning.  |  Gender relations -- Division of labour.  |  Food -- Seafood -- Fish.  |  Food.  |  Food -- Insects -- Grubs.  |  Gathering -- Insects -- Grubs.  |  Food -- Meat -- Kangaroo -- Wallaby.  |  Social organisation -- Kinship -- Marriage.  |  Social organisation -- Avoidance rules -- Avoidance relationships.  |  Plants -- Spinifex.  |  Stories and motifs -- Rain and storms.  |  Recreation -- Play -- Children.  |  Religion -- Totemism.  |  Reproduction -- Childbirth.  |  Reproduction -- Conception.  |  Gender relations -- Betrothal.  |  Gender relations -- Elopement.  |  Food -- Meat -- Snake.  |  Substance use -- Smoking -- Tobacco.  |  Material culture -- Human hair objects and decorations.  |  Material culture -- String and rope making.  |  Technology -- Utensils.  |  Initiation -- Tooth avulsion.  |  Language -- Vocabulary -- Human classification.  |  Water supply.  |  Weapons -- Spears.  |  Weapons -- Spearthrowers -- Making.  |  Social organisation -- Kinship -- Marriage -- Wrong marriage.  |  Food -- Plants -- Yams.  |  Gathering -- Plants -- Yams.  |  Animals -- Amphibians -- Frogs and toads.  |  Animals -- Mammals -- Marsupials.  |  Alyawarr people C14.  |  Arrernte language C8.  |  Arrernte people C8.  |  Pinkangarna people C21.  |  Jingulu language C22.  |  Jingili people C22.  |  Kaytetye language C13.  |  Kaytetye people C13.  |  Luritja language C7.1.  |  Luritja people C7.1.  |  Pitjantjatjara language C6.  |  Pitjantjatjara people C6.  |  Wakaya language C16.  |  Wakaya people C16.  |  Warlpiri language C15.  |  Yapa people C15.  |  Warumungu language C18.  |  Warumungu people C18.  |  Wirangu language C1.  |  Wirangu people C1.  |  Yumu language C11.  |  Yumu people C11.  |  Alyawarr language C14.  |  Australia -- Central Australia.  |  Northern Territory -- Native races.  |  Northern Territory.  |  Barrow Creek (Central NT SF53-06)  |  Finke Gorge (South Central NT SF53-13)  |  Finke River (South Central NT SF53-13, SG53-01, SG53-06)  |  Macumba (SA Central Australia SG53-15)  |  Central Mount Stuart (Central NT Tanami Desert SF53-05)  |  Tennant Creek (Central NT SE53-14)

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