The history and culture of the Aboriginal people of the Ashford district / Robyn Howell
- Bib ID:
- 695551
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Howell, Robyn
- Description:
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- [Sydney] : Government Printer, 1983
- ix, 215 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 34 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0724076972
- Invalid ISBN:
- 0724071741 (corrected)
- Summary:
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Prepared as part of Ashford Central School's Multicultural Program; describes traditions; culture; language groups; Kwiambul world lists and place names (mainly from Curr); artefacts; bush foods and medicine; dress; health; art; music; stories; children's life; contact history; lists pastoral runs and leases of the Ashford District; massacres of the 1830s and 1840s; reserves and missions; education (includes list of pupils at the Ngoorumba Provisional School 1908-1911); reminiscences and biographies of local people; Ashford Aboriginal people today; includes maps, drawings, tables and pictures.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographies and index.
- Subject:
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- Aboriginal Australians. Social life. New South Wales. Ashford region, to date
- Aboriginal Australians -- New South Wales -- Ashford Region -- Social life and customs
- Aboriginal Australians -- New South Wales -- Ashford Region -- History
- Settlement and contacts - Colonisation - 1851-
- Stories and motifs
- Food
- Language - Vocabulary - Word lists
- Music
- Technology - Tools
- Settlement and contacts - Colonisation - 1788-1850
- Kwiambal / Gujambal people (D35) (Qld SH56-01)
- Indigenous knowledge - Health and medicine
- Social behaviour - Socialisation - Child rearing
- Language - Vocabulary - Place names
- Social organisation - Kinship - Systems - Sections and subsections
- Plants
- History
- Art
- History - Genealogy and family history
- Toomelah (N NSW SH56-01)
- Ashford (N NSW SH56-05)
- Tingha / Nucoorilma / Long Gully (N NSW SH56-05)
- Copyright:
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- Until 2033 [Created/Published Date + 50 Years]
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1983
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