Ethnological notes on the Aboriginal tribes of Western Australia / by R. H. Mathews
- Bib ID:
- 411331
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Mathews, R. H. (Robert Hamilton), 1841-1918, author
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item. N 572.9941 MAT copy
- Access Conditions:
- This book contains information about Aboriginal culture and ceremonies, language, words and descriptions that may be considered offensive or distressing. These words reflect the attitude of the period in which the item was written and/or that of its author.
- Description:
-
- Brisbane, [Queensland] : [Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, Queensland], [1903?]
- [45]-72 pages : illustrations 25 cm
- Summary:
-
Rock carvings, explanation of intaglio style used in W.A.; description of Depuch Island carvings; paintings in Kimberleys; notes on social organization, phratries, sections; legends, magic; vocabularies from Roebourne & lower Fitzroy River.
- Notes:
-
- "Reprinted from Proceedings and Transactions of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, Queensland, Vol. XIX"--Page [45]
- National Library of Australia's N 572.9941 MAT copy comprises selected reprints in green library binding with gilt Parliament of the Commonwealth Library supralibros.
- "Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, Queensland"--On cover.
- Text in English with some words/wordlists in Western Australian languages.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- N 572.9941 MAT copy also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-766213568
- Subject:
-
- Art -- Rock art
- Art - Rock art - Painting
- Magic and sorcery - Clever people
- Social organisation
- Stories and motifs
- Language - Vocabulary
- Ceremonies - Initiation
- Daily life
- Indigenous peoples -- Western Australia
- Fitzroy River (WA Kimberley SE51, SE52)
- East Kimberley area (WA SD52, SE52)
- West Kimberley area (WA SD51, SD52, SE51)
- Depuch Island (WA West Pilbara SF50-03)
- Yirramagadu / Roebourne (WA West Pilbara SF50-03)
- Gascoyne / Murchison area (WA SG50)
- Western Desert (WA SF51, SF52, SG51, SG52)
- South West Western Australia (SW WA SH50, SI50)
- South East Western Australia (SE WA SH51, SH52, SI51, SI52)
- Northern Territory Top End (NT)
- Pilbara area (WA SF50, SF51, SG50)
- Australian
- Other authors/contributors:
- Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (Queensland), issuing body
- Copyright:
-
Out of Copyright
You may copy or order a copy through Copies Direct or use the online copy for research or study; for other uses Contact us for further information about copying.
- Reason for copyright status:
- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1918
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1903
Copyright status may not be correct if data in the record is incomplete or inaccurate. Other access conditions may also apply. For more information please see: Copyright in library collections.
Request this item
Request this item to view in the Library’s reading room.
Loading...
Feedback
Similar items
- Birds of the Pilbara region, Western Australia / G.M. Storr
- A report on archaeological work in the coastal Pilbara, Western Australia : final report 1994, prepared for Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islander Studies and the Heritage Council of Western Australia / Elizabeth Bradshaw
- Along the coast by ship northwards / edited by Peter J. Bridge
- Kimberley days and yesterdays : 45 years in the great nor-west of Western Australia / by Charles Edward Flinders as told to J. F. Christie
- Ngajumili muwarr wanikinyarni partanyja wirtujatinyankanu mirtanyajartinyi = My life story / told by William (Nyaparu) Gardiner ; illustrated by William (Nyaparu) Gardiner