A despised race : the vanishing Aboriginals of Australia
- Bib ID:
- 2424557
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Gribble, E. R. B. (Ernest Richard Bulmer), 1869-1957
- Description:
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- Sydney : Australian Board of Missions, 1933
- 147 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 19 cm.
- Summary:
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Forrest River, Mitchell River, Fraser Island, Yarrabah Missions; traces of Polynesian presence from Cape Yorkto Townsville in canoes, pearlshell fish-hooks, bark blankets, wooden swords; tribes near Cairns - Googanji, Yetingu, Yerkanji, Malanji, Melroyji; tribes near Mitchell River - Koko-widie, Koko-mynduno, Koko-mando, Koko-willera; burial customs in north Queensland; Goonya ancestor belief at Cape Grafton; Goonganji, Yerkanji, Narkalinji, Yetinji, Majanji tribes near Cairns - class system, totem, legends.
- Notes:
- Digital master available National Library of Australia
- Subject:
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- Aboriginal Australians -- Missions -- Australia, Northern
- Aboriginal Australians -- Australia, Northern -- Social life and customs
- Yidiny / Yidindji people (Y117) (Qld SE55-06)
- Religions - Christianity - Missions
- Religion - Totemism
- Transport - Water - Canoes
- Death - Mortuary customs
- Social organisation - Kinship - Systems
- Yirrganydji / Yirgay people (Y111) (Qld SE55-02)
- Gunggandji / Gungandji people (Y114) (Qld SE55-06)
- Ngadyan / Ngadjon people (Y121) (Qld SE55-06)
- Nargalundju people (Y113) (Qld SE55-05)
- Material culture - Bark objects
- Yir Yoront people (Y72) (Qld SD54-15)
- Fishing - Fish hooks
- Indigenous peoples - Pacific
- Polynesia
- K'Gari / Fraser Island (SE Qld SG56-03)
- Townsville (NE Qld SE55-14)
- Yarrabah / Cape Grafton (NE Qld SE55-02)
- Oombulgurri (WA Forrest East Kimberley SD52-10)
- Cairns (NE Qld SE55-02)
- Mitchell River (Qld NW Cape York SD54, SE54, SE55)
- Other authors/contributors:
- Australian Board of Missions
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2027 [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):
- 1957
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1933
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