Legends of the Dieri and kindred tribes of Central Australia / by A.W. Howitt and Otto Siebert
- Bib ID:
- 856922
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Howitt, A. W. (Alfred William), 1830-1908
- Description:
-
- London : Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, 1904
- p. 100-129 : map ; 28 cm.
- Summary:
-
Myths of Dieri, Yaurorka, Wonkanguru, Wonkamala and Urabunna; various themes - marriage laws and sexual idenity, totem creation, initiation rites, world creation and naming, material culture, rain making, ancestral journeys and actions; includes tribal distribution map of area.
- Notes:
-
- "Reprinted from the Journal of the Anthropological Institute, Vol. xxxiv, January-June, 1904."
- Cover title.
- National Library of Australia's N 398.099722 HOW copy bears the bookplate of James Edge Partington inside front cover.
- Subject:
-
- Diyari (Australian people) -- Folklore
- Aboriginal Australians -- South Australia -- Folklore
- Arabana / Arabunna people (L13) (SA SH53-03)
- Diyari / Dieri people (L17) (SA SH54-01)
- Yawarawarka people (L23) (SA SG54-10)
- Stories and motifs
- Wangkangurru / Wangganguru people (L27) (SA SG53-12)
- Wanggamala people (C9) (Qld SG54-05)
- South Central Northern Territory (NT)
- North East South Australia (NE SA SG54, SH54)
- South Australia - Central Australia (SA SG52, SG53)
- South Australia - West (SA SH53, SI53)
- Other authors/contributors:
- Copyright:
-
Out of Copyright
You may copy or order a copy through Copies Direct or use the online copy for research or study; for other uses Contact us for further information about copying.
- Reason for copyright status:
- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1930
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1904
Copyright status may not be correct if data in the record is incomplete or inaccurate. Other access conditions may also apply. For more information please see: Copyright in library collections.
Request this item
Request this item to view in the Library’s reading room.
Feedback
Similar items
- The Nair polyandry and the Dieri pirauru / by Lorimer Fison
- The savage and his totem / by P. Hadfield
- Phallic rites and initiation ceremonies of the South Australian Aborigines / R.H. Mathews
- Linguistic trends in Australia : papers presented to the A.I.A.S. Linguistics Group May 1968 / edited by Donald Laycock ; contributors: Lynette F. Oates ... et al.]
- North Lake Torrens region : South Australia / National Native Title Tribunal