Blackfellows : the story of Australia's native race / by Charles Barrett
- Bib ID:
- 2284516
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Barrett, Charles, 1879-1959
- Description:
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- London : Cassell & Co. Ltd., 1942
- 64 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Summary:
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Ornaments and vanity - cicatrization, general physical appearance; brief history of white contact, Census 1940, welfare, Tasmanian Aboriginal history; general life of natives of Arnhem Land; mention of the massacre at Caledon Bay and Balamumu tribe; general social organisation; teaching of young children; disinterment ceremony (Crocodile Island), recreations; after death beliefs weapons, implements and canoes, making of dillybags.
- Subject:
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- Aboriginal Australians
- Body - Scarification
- Religions - Christianity
- Colonisation
- Technology - Utensils
- Social organisation
- Death - Mortuary / funeral ceremonies
- Children
- Transport - Water - Canoes
- Demography - Census data
- Ritharrngu / Ridharrngu people (N104) (NT SD53-07)
- Weapons
- Demography - Population dynamics
- Religion - After death beliefs
- Race relations - Violent - Massacres, murders, poisonings etc. - To 1900
- Technology - Tools
- Technology - Dilly bags
- Caledon Bay (East Arnhem Land SD53-04)
- Crocodile Islands (Central Arnhem Land SD53-02, SC53-14)
- Tasmania (Tas)
- Tuross / Bodalla / Eurobodalla (NSW Far S Coast SJ55-04)
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2029 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1959
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1942
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