The big run : the story of Victoria River Downs Station / Jock Makin
- Bib ID:
- 2214982
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Makin, Jock, 1940-
- Edition:
- 2nd ed., rev. and enl.
- Description:
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- Adelaide : Rigby, 1983
- 176 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. ; 26 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0727018167
- Summary:
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History of Victoria River district; p.4-17; From the Dreamtime - notes on Aborigines of the area, including origin theories, distinction between sandstone (Bilinurra, Ngariman, Hyneman, Wadaman tribes speaking Ngaliwuru) and bush tribes (Karrumburra & Mudbara), map shows approximate locations, possible Macassan influences, gives animal foods eaten, brief mention of huts, fire making, body ornaments, inter tribal warfare, methods of attack, spears, bone spearheads, spear thrower, stone axes, Rainbow Serpent beliefs, conception beliefs, birth, childhood, games, initiation, cicatrization, names & naming, status of women, womens duties, bone pointing, native remedies, music & musical instruments, rock art (especially Humbert River, Pigeonhole); p.99-104; Aboriginal attacks on cattle; p.173; Need to educate Aborigines for greater responsibility in cattle industry.
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- Map on end papers.
- Bibliography: p. 164-168.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1983
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