Watch off Arnhem Land / by C.T.G. Haultain
- Bib ID:
- 277647
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Haultain, C. T. G. (Charles Theodore Graham)
- Description:
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- Canberra : Roebuck Society, 1971
- viii, 292 p. : ill., maps (on lining papers) ; 26 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0950085820
- Series:
- Roebuck Society publication ; no.4.
- Summary:
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Personal reminiscences of Arnhem Land patrol boat captain, 1930s; many general references to Aborigines on Arnhem Land coast; Bathurst Island Monsignor Gsell, body painting (Snake Bay); trade between Aborigines & Japanese pearlers for use of Aboriginal women; Millingimbi - use of ant heads as suture for flesh wound; Yirkalla - brief reference to Wongu & Caledon Bay massacre.
- Notes:
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- Index.
- Available from Dr. J.S. Cumpston, 24 Holmes Crescent, Campbell, A.C.T. 2601.
- Subject:
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- Coastal waters. Trespass by Japanese pearl luggers. Role of Northern Territory Patrol Service, 1936-1939. Northern Territory. Arnhem Land. Personal observations
- Coastal waters. Trespass by Japanese pearl luggers,1936-1939. Legal aspects. Northern Territory. Arnhem Land. Personal observations
- Coastwise shipping -- Arnhem Land
- Territorial waters -- Arnhem Land
- Art - Body art
- Sex relations - Prostitution
- Indigenous knowledge - Health and medicine
- Race relations - Violent - Massacres, murders, poisonings etc. - To 1900
- Djinang / Dyinang people (N94.1) (NT SD53-02)
- Yirrkala (East Arnhem Land SD53-04)
- Caledon Bay (East Arnhem Land SD53-04)
- Milingimbi (Central Arnhem Land NT SD53-02)
- Milikapiti / Snake Bay (Melville Island NT SC52-16)
- Milingimbi (Central Arnhem Land SD53-02)
- Bathurst Island (NT SC52-15)
- Northern Territory Top End (NT)
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1971
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