Boomerang : behind an Australian icon / Philip Jones
- Bib ID:
- 3545611
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Jones, Philip G., 1955-
- Description:
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- Kent Town, S. Aust. : Wakefield Press, 2004
- 134 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), map, ports. ; 17 x 21 cm.
- ISBN:
- 1862543828
- Summary:
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The Aboriginal boomerang has become a mysterious, almost magical, object in the European imagination. But in the process many of its remarkable qualities have gone unnoticed. Theses qualities have made the boomerang a key element in the successful adaption of Aboriginal societies to the harsh Australian environment.
- Notes:
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- Reprinted and revised. Originally published in 1996.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 132-134).
- Subject:
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- Boomerangs
- Fishing
- Stories and motifs - Weapons - Boomerangs
- Weapons - Boomerangs - Making
- Technology - Fire - Fire making
- Trade and exchange
- Weapons - Boomerangs - Throwing
- Music - Instruments
- Recreation - Play - Toys
- Weapons - Boomerangs
- Hunting - Birds
- Yuendumu (South Central NT SF52-12)
- Queensland (Qld)
- Western Australia (WA)
- Flinders Ranges (NE SA SH54-09, SH54-13)
- Lake Eyre map area (NE SA SH53-04)
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1996
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