Untamed coast [by] Mike and Mal Leyland
- Bib ID:
- 276187
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Leyland, Mike
- Description:
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- [Melbourne] Lansdowne [1969]
- 243 p. illus. (part col.) 25 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0701801506
- Summary:
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Popular account of coastal journey in open boat from Darwin to Sydney; p.85-86; Turtle hunting, Croker Is.; p.95- 97; Maningrida Settlement - bark painting methods, burial posts, cave burials noted; p.154-160; English version of Mornington Is. Rainbow Serpent myth given by Lindsay Roughsey, dugong hunting, drill method of fire making, body decoration, dog totem dance; p.193-197; Badu tomb inauguration ceremony, food preparation; plates include turtle & dugong hunting, body decorations, dog totem sacred emblem, Badu ceremony.
- First Nations (AIATSIS) Subject:
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- Hunting - Dugong
- Stories and motifs - Rainbow serpent
- Environment - Land management - Fire
- Stories and motifs - Dingoes / dogs
- Food - Preparation - Cooking
- Sites - Macassan sites
- Death - Mortuary customs - Tombstone opening ceremonies
- Sites - Mortuary sites and cemeteries
- Religion - Totemism
- Technology - Fire - Fire making
- Animals - Invertebrates - Crustacea and molluscs - Beche-de-mer / Trepang
- Art - Painting - Bark
- Death - Mortuary / funeral ceremonies - Mortuary objects - Poles
- Body - Decoration
- Hunting - Turtle
- Mornington Island (Qld Gulf Wellesley Islands SE54-01)
- Queensland Gulf country (Qld SE54)
- Sydney (NSW SI56-05)
- Maningrida (Central Arnhem Land NT SD53-02)
- Darwin (NT Top End SD52-04)
- Badu / Mulgrave Island (Qld TSI SC54-11)
- Croker Island (West Arnhem Land NT SC53-13)
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Leyland, Mal, joint author
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
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- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1969
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