The Australian race : its origin, languages, customs, place of landing in Australia, and the routes by which it spread itself over that continent / by Edward M. Curr
- Bib ID:
- 873585
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Curr, Edward M. (Edward Micklethwaite), 1820-1889, author
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- Description:
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- Melbourne : John Farres, Government Printer ; London : Trübner and Co., 1886-1887
- 4 volumes (xix, 425, vi, 501, viii, 710, 45 pages) : illustration, map ; 23 cm, 49 cm.
- Summary:
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volume1, pages 1-35; General language information, orthography, table of 20 common & widespread Australian words, language & vocabulary comparisons, names of languages, quotes Ridleys Kamilaroi grammar, comments on words in the vocabularies; pages 36- 105; Physical characteristics, hair, skin, senses, half-castes, religious beliefs, sorcery (Bangerang, Victoria, New South Wales), medicine men, cures for sickness (Bangerang, Burdekin area), minor superstitions, astronomical beliefs (Bangerang; Kilmore), personal property, government & leadership, family life, law & conflict (tribal & intertribal), property & inheritance, childhood, types of initiation, lists areas where circumcision & subincision are prevalent, infanticide, cannibalism; trade & exchange, foods & food-getting, foodsharing, cooking, drinks, water collection, pitcheri, fighting methods, mortuary rites, corroborees, body painting, music, sign language, clothing, mutilation & body ornaments, art, shelters, totemism; history of European contact; pages 106-142; Marriage, marital status, capture, elopement, status of women, marriage classes, extensive quotation from Ridley on rules & classes of Kamilaroi, Wailwun, Moreton Bay to Wide Bay, Barwan, Wiraiarai, Kogai, Pikumbul, Narran River; quotes Fison on group marriage, gives relationship terms for Dieyeri, Larriquia, Mooloola, Western Australia, Kamilaroi, Dippel, Encounter Bay, Woolna, Murray mouth; pages 143-151; Weapons & implements, spears, wommera, boomerang, clubs, shields, tomahawk, knife, chisel, kooditcha shoes, canoes, messengers & message sticks, nets & bags pages 152-189; Origins - comparison with extra Australian races; pages 190-207; Arrival and spread of Aborigines, diffusion of cultural traits, languages; pages 208-234; Disease, prevalent diseases, introduction of smallpox, population decrease, general remarks on native health; pages 235-244; Comments on earlier writers on Aborigines; pages 245-425; 39 articles on particular areas listed separately in this bibliography; volume 2, pages 3-501; Articles 40-135 listed separately; volume 3, pages 3-589; Articles 136-214D listed separately; pages 592-699; Appendices, A - The Tasmanians; B - The ovens, caves, paintings, and sculptures... both listed separately volume 4, pages 4-45; Comparative vocabulary of 63 terms arranged by area & term; map shows location of tribes, areas of circumcision & subincision.
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- Fold-out map inserted in flap, rear of volume 4: Continental Australia, showing the routes by which the Aboriginal race spread itself throughout the continent.
- Wordlists included for tribes discussed in vols. 1-3. Vol. 4 is an atlas which consists of a comparative vocabulary tables of selected words.
- National Library of Australia's Robinson set bears the bookplate of James Edge-Partington, and W.S. Robinson.
- National Library of Australia's NL 572.994 C976 (vol. 1-2) has the 'P.A. Franklin & Sons' (Melbourne) binder's label pasted inside front cover.
- Cited In:
- Ferguson, J.A. Bibliography of Australia, 8879
- Subject:
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- Ridley, William, 1819-1878
- Fison, Lorimer, 1832-1907
- Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs
- Aboriginal Australians -- Languages
- Aboriginal Australians
- Aboriginal Australians -- Languages -- Glossaries, vocabularies etc
- Bangerang people (S40) (Vic SJ55-02)
- Bigambul people (D34) (Qld SH56-01)
- Dalla people (E25) (Qld SG56-10)
- Diyari / Dieri people (L17) (SA SH54-01)
- Gawambaray people (D39) (Qld SH55-16)
- Kogai / Gogai people (D38) (Qld SG55-16)
- Larrakia / Laragiya / Gulumirrgin people (N21) (NT SD52-04)
- Ngiyampaa / Ngemba people (D22) (NSW SH55-10)
- Wailwan / Weilwan people (D20) (NSW SH55-11)
- Wulna / Wuna people (N29) (NT SD52-04)
- Language - Vocabulary - Word lists
- History
- Larrakia language N21
- Bangerang language S40
- Bigambul language D34
- Dalla language E25
- Dieri language L17
- Wuna language N29
- Gawambaraay language D39
- Kogai language D38
- Ngiyampaa / Ngempa language D22
- Wayilwan language D20
- Ngiyampaa / Ngempa people D22
- Bangerang people S40
- Wayilwan people D20
- Wuna people N29
- Larrakia people N21
- Gawambaraay people D39
- Bigambul people D34
- Kogai people D38
- Dieri people L17
- Dalla people E25
- Aboriginal Australians -- Queensland -- Languages
- Aboriginal Australians -- Languages -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc
- Australian languages -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc
- Australian languages
- South West Western Australia (SW WA SH50, SI50)
- North East South Australia (NE SA SG54, SH54)
- Encounter Bay (SE SA SI54-13)
- South West Queensland (SW Qld SG54, SG55, SH54, SH55)
- Burdekin River (NE Qld SE55, SF55)
- East Queensland (E Qld SF55, SF56)
- Wide Bay (SE Qld SG56-07)
- Brisbane (SE Qld SG56-15)
- Narran River (N NSW SH55-07)
- North West Victoria (NW Vic SI55)
- Tasmania (Tas)
- Gippsland / Eastern Victoria (E Vic SJ55)
- Australia -- History -- To 1788
- Other authors/contributors:
- Partington, James Edge, 1854-1930, former owner
- Terms of Use:
- Culturally sensitive.
- Exhibited:
- National Library of Australia's NLef 572.994 CUR (Vol. 4) copy exhibited: "Indigenous Languages", National Library of Australia, 11 September 2019 – 8 March 2020
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- Since 1937 [Created/Published Date + 50 Years]
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- Publication date:
- 1887
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