Spinifex walkabout : hitch-hiking in remote North Australia / by Coralie and Leslie Rees
- Bib ID:
- 3695701
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Rees, Coralie, 1908-1972
- Description:
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- London : Harrap ; Sydney : Australasian Publishing Co., [1953]
- 285 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
- Summary:
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Popular account; Lombadina - account of corroboree, role of songman, ceremonial object; Waninga, derived from Sunday Island; notes on police leper patrol in Kimberleys; Urapunga homestead (Roper River) - dances, songman, instruments, diffusion of mermaid dance from Central Australia; comments on conditions on missions at Beagle Bay, Croker and Goulburn Island, Roper River, Hermannsburg, Altunga, Haasts Bluff.
- Subject:
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- Plants - Spinifex
- Music - Musicians - Composers and songwriters
- Law enforcement - Police
- Dance - Ceremonial
- Socioeconomic conditions - Living conditions
- Health - Infectious diseases - Leprosy
- Religion - Rites - Ceremonial objects
- Western Australia -- Description and travel
- Northern Territory -- Description and travel
- Urapunga (NT Top End Roper SD53-10)
- Roper River (NT Top End SD53-09, SD53-10, SD53-11)
- Beagle Bay (WA West Kimberley SE51-02)
- Haasts Bluff / Ikuntji (South Central NT SF52-16)
- Iwany / Sunday Island (WA West Kimberley SE51-03)
- Ikuntji / Haasts Bluff (South Central NT SF52-16)
- Ntaria / Hermannsburg (South Central NT SF53-13)
- Goulburn Islands (West Arnhem Land NT SC53-13)
- Croker Island (West Arnhem Land NT SC53-13)
- Sunday Island (WA West Kimberley SE51-03)
- Djarindjini / Lombadina (WA West Kimberley SE51-02)
- Other authors/contributors:
- Rees, Leslie, 1905-2000
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2070 [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):
- 2000
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1953
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