Hidden wealth and hiding people / Michael Terry
- Bib ID:
- 89840
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Terry, Michael, 1899-1981
- Description:
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- London ; New York : Putnam, [1931]
- xv, 350 p., [63] leaves of plates : ill., charts (some folded), maps (some folded) ; 23 cm.
- Summary:
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Trip from Port Hedland to Broome, Halls Creek, Tanami and Alice Springs; numerous references to encounters with Aborigines; p.21; Circumcision, marriage groupings (information from Mr. Unmack, Pardoo Station, north of Port Hedland; p.42-44; Wallal - burning grass for hunting with firestick, food; p.113; Punishments for breaking law, fights, Kimberleys; p.116; Womens fights, eastern Kimberleys; p.128-132; Charara waterhole, Gardiner Range - native names given, charcoal rock drawings, the Granites; p.179; Remarks on burying green fruit of native orange, cooked seed cakes; p.217- 237; Hostilities (mostly Wallmulla), S.W. of Tanami; Royal Commission findings on causes of hostilities; p.263; Well at Jardaiyarda, Mount Marjorie; p.302; Wet weather well and stone arrangement, Mount Marjorie.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Subject:
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- Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs
- Hunting - Fire and smoke
- Ceremonies - Initiation
- Social organisation - Kinship - Marriage
- Environment - Climate and weather - Seasons - Wet season
- Art - Rock art - Painting
- Language - Vocabulary - Place names
- Gathering
- Initiation - Circumcision
- Technology - Wood - Fire sticks
- Sites - Stone arrangements
- Western Australia -- Description and travel
- Northern Territory -- Description and travel -- 1901-1950
- Wupipi / Broome (WA West Kimberley SE51-06)
- The Granites (Central NT SF52-03)
- Mparntwe / Alice Springs (South Central NT SF53-14)
- Halls Creek (WA East Kimberley SE52-10)
- Port Hedland (WA East Pilbara SF50-04)
- Junkiya / Pardoo (WA East Pilbara SF50-04)
- Western Desert (WA SF51, SF52, SG51, SG52)
- Wallal (WA SE51-13)
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2051 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1981
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1931
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