Into the dead heart : an ornithological trip through Central Australia / by S.A. White
- Bib ID:
- 496916
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- White, S. A. (Samuel Albert), 1870-1954
- Description:
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- Adelaide : Friends of the State Library of South Australia, 1998
- [xi], 154 p. : ill., folded map ; 21 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 1876154179
- 1876154160 (deluxe ed)
- Series:
- Australiana facsimile editions ; no. 216.
- Summary:
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p.45-47; Brief description of mourning ceremony at Dalhousie Station, reburial rite of natives from Crown Point to Charlotte Waters (Arunta tribe); p.51-52; Belief in bone pointing, method of removing bone by medicine man; p.98-102; Notes on Hermannsburg Mission; p.116; Rock paintings at Emily Gap; p.143; p. 144 photo of "native decorated for ceremonial" p. [150] : photo of "Arunta natives" Fish traps on Lindsay Creek; p.152-153; Notes on spears, spearthrowers, shields, boomerangs p. 153 Halfcastes.
- Notes:
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- First published: Adelaide : W.K. Thomas & Co., 1914.
- "Reprinted from The register."
- Subject:
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- Ornithology -- Australia, Central
- Birds -- Australia, Central
- Death - Human remains - Reburial
- Magic and sorcery - Bone pointing
- Social identity - Mixed descent
- Magic and sorcery - Clever people
- Health - Treatments - Traditional - Clever people
- Weapons - Boomerangs
- Weapons - Shields
- Fishing - Fish traps
- Housing - Shelters
- Art - Rock art - Painting
- Death - Mortuary / funeral ceremonies
- Weapons - Spearthrowers
- Death - Mourning
- Stories and motifs - Fish
- Weapons - Spears
- Arrernte / Aranda people (C8) (NT SG53-02)
- Australia, Central -- Discovery and exploration
- Crown Point (South Central NT SG53-06)
- Dalhousie (SA Central Australia SG53-11)
- Anthwerrke / Underga / Emily Gap (South Central NT SF53-14)
- Horseshoe Bend (South Central NT SG53-06)
- Hugh River (South Central NT SF53-13, SG53-01)
- Ntaria / Hermannsburg (South Central NT SF53-13)
- Charlotte Waters (South Central NT SG53-06)
- Other authors/contributors:
- State Library of South Australia. Friends
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Since 1939
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1954
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1998
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