Back in the stone age : the natives of central Australia / Charles Chewings ; photographs by Frank Gillen
- Bib ID:
- 10004561
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Chewings, Charles, 1859-1937, author
- Edition:
- Colour edition.
- Access Conditions:
- Restricted access [Women's business and Men's business] - this item contains descriptions of Aboriginal Australian ceremonial and gender specific material.
- Description:
-
- Royal Exchange, NSW : ETT Imprint, 2022
- ©2022
- 117 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), 1 map, portraits ; 24 cm
- ISBN:
- 9781922698704 (paperback)
- Cultural sensitivity advisory notice:
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this item contains names, 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 that are of the period in which the work was created, and may now be considered inaccurate, inappropriate or offensive.
- ICIP notice:
- This material contains Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) of Australian First Nations peoples. Restrictions on access and use of this material may apply. Contact the National Library of Australia for further information.
- Notes:
- "A very detailed and intimate description of the life, personal and tribal, of the Central Australian Aboriginals; their characteristics, beliefs and superstitions; their tools and weapons; together with a discussion of the results of their contacts with the whites, their present condition and their probable future. Dr Chewings writes with the authority of personal knowledge gained by long, patient and acute observation in his travels in Central Australia from 1881 into the 1930s. With photographs from the Spencer and Gillen expeditions."--Back cover.
- First Nations (AIATSIS) Subject:
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- Feuds and warfare
- Social organisation
- Body
- Habitation
- Ceremonies
- Children
- Health
- Communications
- Costume and clothing
- Death
- Gender relations
- Food
- Gathering
- Plants
- Stories and motifs
- Recreation
- Religion
- Reproduction
- Substance use
- Material culture
- Technology
- Initiation
- Language
- Water supply
- Weapons
- Animals
- Alyawarr
- Arrernte
- Pinkangarna
- Jingulu
- Kaytetye
- Luritja
- Pitjantjatjara language (C6) (NT SG52-11)
- Pitjantjatjara people (C6) (NT SG52-11)
- Wakaya language (C16) (NT SE53-15)
- Wakaya people (C16) (NT SE53-15)
- Warlpiri language (C15) (NT SF52-04)
- Warlpiri people (C15) (NT SF52-04)
- Warumungu language (C18) (NT SE53-01)
- Warumungu people (C18) (NT SE53-10)
- Wirangu language (C1) (SA SH53-14)
- Wirangu people (C1) (SA SH53-14)
- Yumu language (C11) (NT SF52-16)
- Yumu people (C11) (NT SF52-16)
- Barrow Creek (Central NT SF53-06)
- Finke Gorge (South Central NT SF53-13)
- Finke River (South Central NT SF53-13, SG53-01, SG53-06)
- Macumba (SA Central Australia SG53-15)
- Central Mount Stuart (Central NT Tanami Desert SF53-05)
- Tennant Creek (Central NT SE53-14)
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Gillen, F. J. (Francis James), 1855-1912, photographer
- Copyright:
-
In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2092 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary, dramatic or musical work
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1937
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2022
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