Darnley, island of Torres Strait / photography & coordination: Travis Teske; information: Selly Thaiday ... [et al.]
- Bib ID:
- 3026561
- Format:
- Book
- Description:
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- [Thursday Island, Qld.] : Far Northern Schools Development Unit, 1987
- 67 p. : ill., maps ; 21 x 30 cm.
- ISBN:
- 072422565X
- Summary:
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For children; Pictorial study of Darnley Island for schools; natural resources; ceremonial sites; missionaries; monuments; ethnic history; mythology; stone fish traps; traditional bee-hive shaped houses; roof thatching; carved boulders; Aleg Segur game; zogos (sacred objects/places); fighting clubs; trade shells; stone axe.
- Notes:
- For primary and secondary school students.
- Subject:
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- Religions - Christianity
- Weapons - Clubs and fighting sticks
- Stories and motifs - Fish
- Art - Rock art - Engraving
- Trade and exchange
- Religion - Rites - Ceremonial objects
- Fishing - Fish traps
- Education - Schools
- Technology - Stone - Axes / hatchets
- Recreation - Play - Children
- Sites - Dreaming tracks
- Sites - Ceremonial grounds
- Darnley Island (Qld.) -- Juvenile literature
- Erub / Darnley Island (Qld TSI SC54-08)
- Other authors/contributors:
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2037 [Created/Published Date + 50 Years]
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1987
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