The first Australians, prehistory-1810 / K.M. Adams ; illustrated by Genevieve Melrose
- Bib ID:
- 306226
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Adams, K. M. (Kenneth Menzies)
- Description:
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- London : Angus & Robertson, 1970
- 98 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
- Series:
- Seeing history ; 1.
- Summary:
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Childrens book; p.1-26; Prehistory, origins of Aborigines (tri hybrid theory), weapons & implements, canoes; Pitjandjara people - location, clans, relationship to land, legends of Kutunga & Tapinya, ritual objects, camping, sleeping, shelters, water resources, insect, plant & animal foods, preparation & cooking of food, marriage, childbirth, initiation, singing, dancing, death, burial; p.89-91; Explains archaeology, stratigraphy, carbon dating.
- Notes:
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- Index: p. 97-98.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Cited In:
- Muir, M. A bibliography of Australian children's books, 30
- First Nations (AIATSIS) Subject:
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- Religion - Rites - Ceremonial objects
- Ceremonies - Initiation
- Hunting
- Literature and stories - Juvenile
- Dating and chronology - Carbon dating
- Food - Preparation - Cooking - Plants
- Technology - Tools
- Settlement and contacts - Explorers
- Gathering
- Food - Preparation - Cooking - Meat
- Culture - Relationship to land
- Settlement and contacts - Colonisation - 1788-1850
- Daily life - Domestic
- Death - Mortuary / funeral ceremonies
- Demography - Palaeodemography - Aboriginal settlement of Australia
- Water supply
- Religion - Rites - Ceremonial objects - Boards
- Weapons
- Transport - Water - Canoes
- Reproduction - Childbirth
- Pitjantjatjara people (C6) (NT SG52-11)
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Melrose, Genevieve
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
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