Dear primitive : a nurse among the Aborigines / by Marjorie Gartrell
- Bib ID:
- 711808
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Gartrell, Marjorie
- Description:
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- Sydney [N.S.W.] : Angus and Robertson, 1957
- 122 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 22 cm.
- Summary:
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Yuendumu (Waljbiri); sickness, mourning, marriage; Haasts Bluff (Luridja, Aranda, Bidjandjara, Bindubi, Waljbiri); domestic fights, childbirth, childhood training, initiation, punishment for breaking marriage law, magic & medicine men, hunting and cooking, acculturation problems; Namatjira.
- Notes:
- Cultural sensitivity advisory notice: Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and other First Nations people are advised that this item may contain names, recordings and images of deceased people and other content that may be culturally sensitive. Please also be aware that you may see certain words or descriptions within this work which reflect the author’s attitude, or that of the period in which the work was created, and may now be considered inaccurate, inappropriate or offensive.
- Subject:
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- Gartrell, Marjorie
- Nurses -- Australia -- Biography
- Aboriginal Australians -- Health and hygiene -- Northern Territory
- Nursing -- Northern Territory -- History
- Ceremonies - Initiation
- Health services - Health workers - Nurses and nursing
- Social organisation - Kinship - Marriage
- Health - Physiology and diseases
- Children
- Warlpiri people (C15) (NT SF52-04)
- Luritja / Loritja people (C7.1) (NT SG52-04)
- Arrernte / Aranda people (C8) (NT SG53-02)
- Pitjantjatjara people (C6) (NT SG52-11)
- Death - Mourning
- Reproduction - Childbirth
- Health - Treatments - Traditional - Clever people
- Pintupi people (C10) (NT SF52-11)
- Health - Treatments - Traditional - Clever People
- Haasts Bluff / Ikuntji (South Central NT SF52-16)
- Western Australia (WA)
- Ikuntji / Haasts Bluff (South Central NT SF52-16)
- Yuendumu (South Central NT SF52-12)
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