The passing of the aborigines: a lifetime spent among the natives of Australia / Daisy Bates, with a foreword by the Hon. Sir George Murray and an introduction by Arthur Mee
- Bib ID:
- 3117664
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Bates, Daisy, 1859-1951, author
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Description:
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- New York, [United States] G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1939
- xviii, 258 pages, [11] leaves of plates : illustrations, map, portraits., 22 cm.
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- This book contains language, words and descriptions that may be considered offensive or distressing. These words reflect the attitude of the period in which the item was written and/or that of its author.
- Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1424630263
- Subject:
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- Bates, Daisy, 1859-1951
- Beagle Bay Mission (W.A.)
- Maamba Reserve (W.A)
- Bibbulman people (W1) (WA SI50-10)
- Mirning people (A9) (WA SH52-14)
- Nyulnyul / Nyul Nyul people (K13) (WA SE51-02)
- Wirangu people (C1) (SA SH53-14)
- Yulparija people (A67) (WA SF51-07)
- Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Social life and customs
- Aboriginal Australians -- South Australia -- Social life and customs
- Religion - Rites - Bloodletting
- Cannibalism
- Ceremonies - Initiation
- Death - Mortuary customs
- Death - Mourning
- Ethnology -- Australia
- Feuds and warfare
- Food - Meat - Birds - Emu
- Gathering - Plants - Roots and tubers
- Health - Infectious diseases - Measles
- Health - Infectious diseases - Tuberculosis
- Hunting - Kangaroo / Wallaby
- Initiation - Tooth avulsion
- Language - Vocabulary - Place names
- Religion - After death beliefs
- Religion - Rites - Ceremonial objects - Boards
- Religion - Totemism
- Reproduction - Infanticide
- Sites - Quarries - Ochre and pigment
- Stories and motifs - Eagles / hawks / crows
- Stories and motifs - Spirit children
- Stories and motifs - Water sources
- Technology - Stone - Knives
- Trade and exchange - Trade routes
- Aboriginal Australians
- Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs
- Aboriginal Australians -- Government relations
- Beagle Bay (WA West Kimberley SE51-02)
- Bernier Island (WA South Pilbara / Gascoyne SG49-04)
- Dorre Island (WA South Pilbara / Gascoyne SG49-04)
- East Perth (SW WA SH50-14)
- Eucla (SE WA Nullarbor SH52-14)
- Gascoyne River (WA South Pilbara SG50)
- Katanning (SW WA SI50-07)
- Koonalda Cave (Far West SA Nullarbor SH52-15)
- Laverton (SE WA Goldfields SH51-02)
- Leonora (SE WA Goldfields SH51-01)
- Meekatharra (WA Gascoyne / Murchison SG50-12)
- Murchison River (WA South Pilbara SG50)
- Ooldea (Far West SA SH52-12)
- Perth (SW WA SH50-14)
- Roebuck Plains (WA West Kimberley SE51-10)
- Rottnest Island / Wadjemup (SW WA SH50-14)
- Western Desert (WA SF51, SF52, SG51, SG52)
- Wilgie Mia (WA Gascoyne / Murchison SG50-11)
- Wirilia / Wirilya (West SA SH53-13)
- Wupipi / Broome (WA West Kimberley SE51-06)
- Yuria Water (West SA SH53-13)
- Australian
- Copyright:
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Out of 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):
- 1951
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1939
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