My mate Dick / by Ion L. Idriess
- Bib ID:
- 2240749
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Idriess, Ion L. (Ion Llewellyn), 1890-1979
- Description:
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- Sydney : Angus & Robertson, 1962
- 244 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Summary:
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p.2; Belief that grease from a corpse rubbed over body transfers qualities of the dead warrior to person; p.3; Use of Kaolin clay to heal wounds; p.18; Description of a native buried alive in anthill as revenge murder; p.188; Great Barrier Reef natives custom of extracting oil phosphurus substance from fish to use as luminous body paint; p.211; Native camp described; Description of death-bone; contents of witch-doctors dilly-bag.
- First Nations (AIATSIS) Subject:
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- Animals - Invertebrates - Insects - Ants - Nests
- Health services - Health workers - Medical practitioners
- Health - Treatments - Traditional - Clever people
- Technology - Dilly bags
- Animals - Fish
- Art - Body art
- Feuds and warfare - Avenging
- Guugu Yimidhirr / Gugu Yimithirr / Kuku Yimidhirr people (Y82) (Qld SD55-13)
- Northeast Queensland (NE Qld SE55)
- Great Barrier Reef (SD55, SE55, SF56)
- Queensland South East Cape York (Qld SD54, SD55)
- Subject:
- Cape York Peninsula (Qld.)
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2049 [Creator Date of Death + 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):
- 1979
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1962
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