Our channel country : man and nature in South-west Queensland / by A.M. Duncan-Kemp
- Bib ID:
- 2013330
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Duncan-Kemp, A. M. (Alice Monkton)
- Description:
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- Sydney : Angus & Robertson, 1961
- xii, 236 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Summary:
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Brief references to natives employed at Mooraberrie Station; p.24-25; Attempted shooting of police officer by black tracker; p.38; Native wells and springs, about 12 miles from station; Dreamtime path taken by woman wizard; p.44-45; Short account of Cunmurra, the Great Snake (Farrars Creek); p.47; Native lucky charm bracelet and exchange gift; p.49; Song of emu hunters, womans Dreaming; p.51; Eaglehawk and Kudyia tribes coota and dhoora spear; p.54-56; Legend of dingo, Myorli, Goolburra and Murranudda tribes; dingo totem, Eloora the goddess, hostile tribesmen; p.58; Plant used for childbirth, description of Tjilbirba totem board; p.75; Brief notes on camp life, division of labour; p.79-81; Koora-koo-inyah cult, legend of wise woman who gave laws on marriage to uncircumcised tribes; p.83-87; Uldagardinyah the law giver, rock painting, initiated men as Eebi, human sacrifice, sky legends, description of natives, love ngana as initiation; p.106- 111; Strange powers of Minyee and son Moola over birds and animals, hostility of women when flower good-luck charms destroyed; p.114; Mans walkabout as cure for love sickness; p.115; Sign language; p.117-118; Coolabah tree thought to contain tribal history, women catch giant crickets for food; p.135; Brief notes on totemism and marriage; p.137-139; Peace between tribes through G. Debney; p.151-154; Plants used as food and medicine; p.178-181; Native wells and native methods of locating and purifying; p.189-193; Goose festival; p.195-201; Family structure, avoidance relationships; p.202- 208; Religion and preinitiation training; p.210-218; Notes on cooking fish, plant foods, birds; p.223- 225; Brief account of tools, pirries, biface spear head, stone adzes, pressure flaking and percussion flaking; p.226-231; Tracking ability; approximately 53 native words, most with English meanings.
- Subject:
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- Language - Vocabulary - Human classification
- Social organisation - Avoidance rules - Language
- Hunting, gathering and fishing - Tracking
- Language - Vocabulary - Animal names
- Religion - Rites - Ceremonial objects - Boards
- Reproduction - Childbirth
- Food - Meat - Birds
- Initiation - Circumcision
- Animals - Birds - Ducks / Geese
- Stories and motifs - Snakes
- Demography - Family and household characteristics
- Technology - Stone - Flakes
- Hunting - Birds - Emus
- Ceremonies - Initiation
- Wangkumara / Wanggumara language (L25) (Qld SG54-15)
- Stories and motifs - Celestial phenomena
- Birria / Biria / Pirriya language (L36) (Qld SG54-08)
- Communications - Nonverbal - Sign language and gestures
- Wangkumara / Wanggumara people (L25) (Qld SG54-15)
- Stories and motifs - Dingoes / dogs
- Stories and motifs - Emu
- Magic and sorcery - Love magic
- Social organisation - Avoidance rules - Avoidance relationships
- Indigenous knowledge - Health and medicine
- Costume and clothing - Armbands, bracelets etc
- Majuli / Maiawali language (L40) (Qld SF54-15)
- Food - Preparation - Cooking - Plants
- Stories and motifs - Fish
- Technology - Stone - Adzes
- Art - Rock art - Painting
- Economic sectors - Agriculture and horticulture - Pastoral industry
- Health - Physiology and diseases
- Fishing
- Food - Sociocultural aspects - Avoidance
- Law enforcement - Police conduct and attitudes
- Majuli / Maiawali people (L40) (Qld SF54-15)
- Birria / Biria / Pirriya people (L36) (Qld SG54-08)
- Stories and motifs - Plants
- Law enforcement - Police trackers
- Art - Rock painting
- Food - Seafood - Fish
- Music - Vocal
- Gender relations - Division of labour
- Language - Vocabulary - Plant names
- Religion - Totemism
- Queensland -- Description and travel -- 1951-1975
- Queensland Channel Country (Qld Far West SF54, SG54)
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1961
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