Tradition and transformation : a study of the Groote Eylandt area Aborigines of Northern Australia / D.H. Turner
- Bib ID:
- 694969
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Turner, David H. (David Howe), 1941-
- Description:
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- Canberra : Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, 1974
- xiv, 224 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0855750308
- Series:
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- Social anthropology series ; no.8.
- Australian aboriginal studies ; no.53.
- Summary:
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Study of Aborigines on Groote Eylandt - some from Bickerton Island, Anindiljaugwa language, Wanunamagaaljuagba and Wanungenungubuju people; Settlement at Angurugu Mission (Church Mission Society); traditional kinship, terminology, marriage patterns, changing kinship and marriage systems, death ceremonies sorcery; songs; dances; changes in mortuary rituals; Christianity and syncretism; economic basis of community; dugong and turtle fishing; plant collection; food and cooking; division of labour; new cash economy; employment in mining and in commercial fishing; links with Macassans and basis of Anindiljaugwa language; Ritual and mythological sites, bark paintings.
- Notes:
- Bibliography: pages 222-224.
- Subject:
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- Aboriginal communities. Culture change. Northern Territory. Groote Eylandt region
- Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions
- Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs
- Social change
- Magic and sorcery - Clever people
- Social organisation - Kinship - Kinship terms
- Hunting - Turtle
- Mining industry - Mine workers
- Art - Subjects - Contact
- Food - Meat - Dugong
- Anindilyakwa / Enindhilyagwa / Warnindilyakwa people (N151) (NT SD53-12)
- Social organisation - Kinship - Marriage
- Religions - Christianity
- Music - Vocal
- Anindilyakwa / Enindhilyagwa / Warnindilyakwa language (N151) (NT SD53-12)
- Dance
- Hunting
- Fishing
- Settlement and contacts - Macassans and Indonesians
- Sites - Ceremonial grounds
- Food - Meat - Turtle
- Gender relations - Division of labour
- Death - Mortuary / funeral ceremonies
- Language
- Food - Preparation - Cooking
- Language - Change
- Art - Painting - Bark
- Sites - Macassan sites
- Gathering
- Bickerton Island (NT Gulf Islands SD53-07)
- Angurugu (Groote Eylandt NT Gulf Islands SD53-07)
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
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