The passing of the Aborigines : a lifetime spent among the natives of Australia / Daisy Bates ; with a foreword by Sir George Murray, and an introduction by Arthur Mee
- Bib ID:
- 3704380
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Bates, Daisy, 1859-1951
- Edition:
- Cheap ed.
- Description:
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- London : Murray, 1940
- xviii, 258 p., [11] leaves of plates : ill., map, ports. ; 22 cm.
- Summary:
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p.4-21; Beagle Bay, work of missionaries; notes on tooth avulsion, infant cannibalism (Nyool-nyool people); p.22- 48; Roebuck Plains Station marriage divisions, spirit child belief, initiation, separation of sexes, blood drinking part of initiation; p.59-92; Bibbulmun tribe - location, four-class divisions, infanticide when twins were born; group ownership of land; after-death beliefs, biographical notes on few Aborigines effects of white contact; The authors travels in S.W. Aust., episodes with Aborigines recounted, measles epidemic at Katanning Bibbulman people in Perth for festival, corroboree performed; p.93-104; Expedition with Radcliffe-Brown and E.L. Grant Watson; Raid on Laverton natives by group from Lake Darlot, enquiries and charges made; Visit to Dorre and Bernier Islands (isolation hospital), conditions, segregation of sexes; Author given name of Kabbarli at Dorre; p.107-114; Infant cannibalism, Murchison & Gascoyne districts; Story of the blood & lice totem groups feud, Leonora Laverton; notes on important jeemarri group and their initiation knives; Wilgamia ochre mine; p.118-119; Rottnest prison, notes on prisoners, conditions; p.120-130; Eucla, notes on cannibalism, group of six-fingered & six-toed natives; initiation in 1913; physical appearance of natives (Koogurda), notes on Baduwonga of Boundary Dam, the Kaalurwonga, east of the Badu; trade routes, totem roads & ceremonies; p.133; Descent of Goonalda Cave; p.140-149; Wirilya - Yulbari nunga, edible roots & fruits, kangaroo, emu & turkey; Interchange of boys for initiation, Mirning - Baadu - Yooldil - Wirongu, a guarantee of friendship; p.160; Place names round Yuria; p.164-206; Legend of Ooldea Water; Comments on condition of natives when the Trans-continental Railway was built; p.245-246; Legend of how the eagle-hawk brought the water to Yuria Gabbi.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Subject:
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- Bates, Daisy, 1859-1951
- Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs
- Disabilities - Birth defects
- Death - Mourning
- Hunting - Kangaroo / Wallaby
- Feuds and warfare
- Reproduction - Infanticide
- Ceremonies - Initiation
- Mirning people (A9) (WA SH52-14)
- Cannibalism
- Law enforcement - Custody - Deaths in custody
- Nyulnyul / Nyul Nyul people (K13) (WA SE51-02)
- Religion - Totemism
- Transport - Road - Roads and tracks
- Bibbulman people (W1) (WA SI50-10)
- Death - Mortuary customs
- Stories and motifs - Eagles / hawks / crows
- Religion - Rites - Ceremonial objects - Boards
- Initiation - Tooth avulsion
- Food - Meat - Birds - Emu
- Religion - Rites - Bloodletting
- Yulparija people (A67) (WA SF51-07)
- Health - Infectious diseases - Tuberculosis
- Technology - Stone - Knives
- Stories and motifs - Water sources
- Transport - Railways
- Language - Vocabulary - Place names
- Land rights - Ownership
- Trade and exchange - Trade routes
- Health - Infectious diseases - Measles
- Sites - Quarries - Ochre and pigment
- Stories and motifs - Spirit children
- Religion - After death beliefs
- Gathering - Plants - Roots and tubers
- Wirangu people (C1) (SA SH53-14)
- Wilgie Mia (WA Gascoyne / Murchison SG50-11)
- Bernier Island (WA South Pilbara / Gascoyne SG49-04)
- Laverton (SE WA Goldfields SH51-02)
- Yuria Water (West SA SH53-13)
- Wirilia / Wirilya (West SA SH53-13)
- Dorre Island (WA South Pilbara / Gascoyne SG49-04)
- Katanning (SW WA SI50-07)
- Koonalda Cave (Far West SA Nullarbor SH52-15)
- East Perth (SW WA SH50-14)
- Rottnest Island / Wadjemup (SW WA SH50-14)
- Roebuck Plains (WA West Kimberley SE51-10)
- Murchison River (WA South Pilbara SG50)
- Meekatharra (WA Gascoyne / Murchison SG50-12)
- Leonora (SE WA Goldfields SH51-01)
- Eucla (SE WA Nullarbor SH52-14)
- Ooldea (Far West SA SH52-12)
- Western Desert (WA SF51, SF52, SG51, SG52)
- Beagle Bay (WA West Kimberley SE51-02)
- Gascoyne River (WA South Pilbara SG50)
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- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
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- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1951
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1940
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