Footprints on rock : Aboriginal art of the Sydney region / [T & N Popp, Bill Walker]
- Bib ID:
- 1932174
- Format:
- Book
- Description:
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- Redfern, N.S.W. : Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council, 1997
- 43 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0731310020
- Summary:
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Provides brief background information on the linguistic/tribal groups and bands/clans of the Sydney area in 1788 and Aboriginal life prior to 1788 ; the author discusses the meaning of the art and its style and technique, then describes the art of a representative sample of sites that have a religious or totemic significance to Aboriginal people ; locations include sites in the Ku-ring-gai National Park, the Brisbane Waters National Park and suburban sites; a brief description of Aboriginal plant use is provided for most sites.
- Notes:
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- Title from cover.
- Includes bibliography.
- Subject:
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- Aboriginal Australians -- New South Wales -- Sydney Basin -- Antiquities
- Art, Aboriginal Australian
- Petroglyphs -- New South Wales -- Sydney Basin
- Rock paintings -- New South Wales -- Sydney Basin
- Art - Rock art - Engraving
- Social organisation
- Sites - Sites of significance
- Plants
- Sydney Basin (N.S.W.) -- Antiquities
- Sydney map area (NSW SI56-05)
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- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 1997
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