Tom Petrie's reminiscences of early Queensland (dating from 1837) / recorded by his daughter
- Bib ID:
- 2390124
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Petrie, Tom, 1831-1910
- Description:
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- Brisbane : Watson, Ferguson, 1904
- xv, 319 p., [17] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill., plan, ports. ; 22 cm.
- Summary:
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Bonyi feasts in Blackall Range; cannibalism, body ornaments, painting and cicatrization; 2 corroboree songs - words with music transcript; medicine men; magic stones, burial customs, method of discovering murders; Kippa and Mallara ceremomies of initiation, ritual decoration, ceremonial fighting, bora ring sites around Brisbane area; Removal of finger joint (females); Exchange of goods at Corroborees; Dream beliefs; Native remedies for sickness, curative properties of dugong; Methods of hunting and fishing, use of porpoises; types of food and preparation, obtaining of water, making fire; Canoe making, types of huts, weapons (including shields), vessels, string and basket making; Types of games; physical characteristics; Legends; Inter-tribal marriage; Early clashes and murders; inter-tribal relations - Stradbroke Island, Bribie, Moroochy, Brisbane groups; Notes on Bribie Island Reserve; trackers, Expedition to Wide Bay River in 1842 - encounters with natives (Andrew Petrie); List of places, names, plants, and trees with word list of approximately 60 words (Bribie Island, Maroochy, Glass House Mountain dialects)
- Notes:
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- "By Constance Campbell Petrie"--Cover.
- "The greater portion of ... this book first appeared in the 'Queenslander' in the form of articles ... "--P. [iv]
- Errata slip tipped in between p. [viii]-[ix]
- Subject:
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- Petrie, Tom, 1831-1910
- Aboriginal Australians -- Queensland -- Social life and customs
- Religion - Rites - Ceremonial grounds
- Art - Crafts - Baskets and basketmaking
- Water supply
- Sites - Mortuary sites and cemeteries
- Language - Vocabulary - Word lists
- Stories and motifs
- Health - Treatments - Traditional - Clever people
- Ceremonies - Initiation
- Weapons
- Feuds and warfare
- Food - Meat - Dugong
- Plants - Bunya pines
- Technology - Fire - Fire making
- Health - Physiology and diseases
- Race relations - Violent - Massacres, murders, poisonings etc. - To 1900
- Cannibalism
- Death - Mortuary / funeral ceremonies - Tree and platform burial
- Trade and exchange
- Environment - Land management - Fire
- Material culture - String and rope making
- Initiation - Finger amputation
- Music - Vocal
- Gooreng Gooreng / Gureng Gureng / Gurang Gurang people (E32) (Qld SG56-05)
- Body - Decoration
- Jagara / Yuggera language (E23) (Qld SG56-14)
- Settlement and contacts - Settlers
- Language - Vocabulary - Place names
- Jagara / Yuggera people (E23) (Qld SG56-14)
- Food - Preparation
- Hunting
- Hunting - Dugong
- Body - Scarification
- Animals - Marine mammals - Porpoises
- Gooreng Gooreng / Gureng Gureng / Gurang Gurang language (E32) (Qld SG56-05)
- Religion - Rites - Ceremonial objects - Stones
- Indigenous knowledge - Health and medicine
- Housing - Shelters
- Sites - Scarred trees - Canoe trees
- Language - Vocabulary - Plant names
- Recreation - Games - String games and string figures
- Queensland -- History -- 1824-1900
- Queensland -- Social life and customs -- 1824-1900
- Maroochy River / Maroochydore (SE Qld SG56-10)
- Bribie Island (SE Qld SG56-15, SG56-10)
- Glass House Mountains (SE Qld SG56-15)
- Brisbane (SE Qld SG56-15)
- Wide Bay (SE Qld SG56-07)
- Blackall (SW Qld SG55-01)
- Minjerriba / North Stradbroke Island (SE Qld SG56-15)
- Other authors/contributors:
- Petrie, Constance Campbell, 1873-1926
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1926
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1904
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