The Australian Aborigines / [by] Norman B. Tindale and Beryl George
- Bib ID:
- 2716710
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Tindale, Norman B. (Norman Barnett), 1900-1993
- Description:
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- Sydney : Golden Press, 1971
- 62p. : ill.(part col.), maps ; 34cm.
- ISBN:
- 0855582278
- Series:
- Australian golden book
- Summary:
-
Childrens book; early migrations - origins (trihybrid theory), prehistory, explains what anthropologists, geologists & archaeologists do; describes Negritos, carbon dating, Tartanga excavations; Murrayians - appearance, weapons, Devon Downs excavations, stone tools; Carpentarians - appearance, weapons, canoes, body ornaments; Pitjandjara - location, names, camping, food & its preparation, weapons, shelters, sleeping, water resources, division of labour, birth, childhood, use of gum, wooden dishes, hair dressing, sacred objects, native tobacco, fire making, rock painting; (colours), childrens games, initiation, marriage rules, womens status, sign language, trading, initiation ceremony, instruction, ceremonial return to tribe, subincision, marriage, native remedies, death, inquest, burial; customs of eastern tribes initiation; totems, legends & ceremonies - increase ceremonies, Pleiades myth, Rainbow Serpent, eagle & crow myth (Maraura), tribal battles (Maraura, Ramindjeri, Jarildekald); hunting methods - Moreton Bay, Murray River; arts and crafts - baskets, bowls, skin cloaks, ornaments, body painting, rock art, musical instruments; contact with European civilization & its effects.
- Notes:
-
- Includes errata slip.
- Index.
- For children.
- Cited In:
- Muir, M. A bibliography of Australian children's books, 7395
- Subject:
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- Aboriginal Australians. Australia. Juvenile literature
- Aboriginal Australians -- Juvenile literature
- Transport - Water - Canoes
- Dating and chronology - Carbon dating
- Religion - Rites - Increase
- Material culture - Fur and skin objects and decorations
- Art - Subjects - Contact
- Daily life - Domestic - Sleeping
- Colonisation
- Yaraldi / Yaralde people (S8) (SA SI54-13)
- Marawara people (D6) (NSW SI54-07)
- Technology - Stone
- Costume and clothing - Cloaks and coats
- Reproduction - Childbirth
- Art - Rock art - Dating and attribution
- Recreation - Play - Children
- Religion - Totemism
- Religion - Rites - Ceremonial objects
- Death - Mortuary / funeral ceremonies
- Art - Rock art - Engraving
- Children
- Art - Rock art - Painting
- Trade and exchange
- Water supply
- Ramindjeri people (S2) (SA SI54-13)
- Music - Instruments
- Food - Preparation - Cooking
- Stories and motifs - Rainbow serpent
- Weapons
- Feuds and warfare
- Substance use - Smoking / Tobacco
- Literature and stories - Juvenile
- Stories and motifs - Stars
- Indigenous knowledge - Health and medicine
- Social organisation - Kinship - Marriage
- Pitjantjatjara people (C6) (NT SG52-11)
- Gender relations - Division of labour
- Health - Skin physiology and disease
- Costume and clothing - Hair dressing
- Yaraldi / Yaralde language (S8) (SA SI54-13)
- Sites - Excavations
- Language - Linguistics - Language classification
- Marawara language (D6) (NSW SI54-07)
- Art - Crafts - Baskets and basketmaking
- Ceremonies - Initiation
- Environment - Land management - Fire
- Fishing
- Hunting
- Initiation - Subincision
- Communications - Nonverbal - Sign language and gestures
- Pitjantjatjara language (C6) (NT SG52-11)
- Ramindjeri language (S2) (SA SI54-13)
- Death - Inquests
- Art - Body art
- Performing arts
- Health status - Child health
- Technology - Utensils - Dishes
- Stories and motifs - Eagles / hawks / crows
- Technology - Fire - Fire making
- Tartanga (SE SA SI54-10)
- Victoria (Vic)
- Queensland Gulf country (Qld SE54)
- Brisbane (SE Qld SG56-15)
- River Murray (SW NSW, N Vic, SE SA SI54, SI55)
- South Central Northern Territory (NT)
- Southwest New South Wales (SW NSW SI54, SI55)
- Western Australia - Central Australia (WA SE52, SF52, SG52)
- Devon Downs (SE SA SI54-10)
- South Australia - Central Australia (SA SG52, SG53)
- Other authors/contributors:
- George, Beryl, joint author
- Copyright:
-
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
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- Publication date:
- 1971
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