Yumbulyumbulmantha Ki-Awarawu, All Kinds of Things from Country : Yanyuwa Ethnobiological Classification / John Bradley ... [et al.]
- Bib ID:
- 3703412
- Format:
- Book
- Description:
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- Brisbane, Qld. : Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit, University of Queensland, 2006
- viii, 174 p. : map ; 30 cm.
- ISBN:
- 1864998261
- Series:
- Research report series (University of Queensland. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit) ; no. 6
- Summary:
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This book explores Yanyuwa ways of understanding and classifying their environment. This volume argues that classification is a contextual act based on factors as diverse as authority, utility, kinship, ecology, aesthetics, ownership and religion.
- Full contents:
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- Ch. 1: Introduction: All kinds of things from Country
- Ch. 2: Learning about the Living Things
- Ch. 3: Yanyuwa Biological Classification
- Ch. 4: Walya - Dugong and Sea Turtles
- Ch. 5: Miriyi - Dolphins and Yulangu - Whales
- Ch. 6: Adumu - Sharks, Rays and Sawfish
- Ch. 7: Arlku Fish (other than Sharks, Rays and Sawfish)
- Ch. 8: Nyinga/Jikuyu - Crabs
- Ch. 9: Na-yirrnyi - Shellfish, Shells and Shell-Like Creatures
- Ch. 10: Lhuwa - Reptiles and Amphibians
- Ch. 11: Wunala - Terrestrial Mammals/Game Animals
- Ch. 12: Wakuku - Dogs and Dingoes
- Ch. 13: Julaki - Birds, Bats and Flying Foxes
- Ch. 14: Yumbulyumbulmantha - All Kinds of things
- Ch. 15: Yanyuwa Classification of Floral Species
- Ch. 16: Ngabaya - Spirits
- Ch. 17: Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Bibliography: p. 117-120.
- Subject:
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- Yanyuwa (Australian people) -- Social life and customs
- Aboriginal Australians -- Northern Territory
- Oral history -- Australia
- Aboriginal Australians -- Folklore
- Animals - Marine mammals - Dugongs
- Language - Vocabulary - Plant names
- Plants
- Animals - Birds
- Animals - Reptiles - Turtles / Tortoise
- Animals - Invertebrates - Crustacea and molluscs - Crabs / Mudcrabs
- Animals - Marine mammals - Whales
- Animals - Mammals
- Animals - Fish
- Indigenous knowledge - World view
- Yanyuwa / Yanuwa people (N153) (NT SE53-04)
- Animals - Reptiles
- Animals - Reptiles - Crocodiles
- Social organisation - Kinship
- Plants - Seagrass
- Language - Vocabulary - Animal names
- Animals - Marine mammals - Dolphins
- Indigenous knowledge - Zoology
- Stories and motifs - Ancestor spirits
- Indigenous knowledge - Botany
- Animals - Mammals - Dingoes / Dogs
- Animals - Amphibians
- Indigenous knowledge - World view - Ethnotaxonomy
- Animals - Fish - Sharks
- Yanyuwa / Yanuwa language (N153) (NT SE53-04)
- Religion - Dreaming - Spirits
- Gulf of Carpentaria (SD53, SD54, SE54)
- Other authors/contributors:
- Bradley, John
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
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