This is our country / A.S. Bingle
- Bib ID:
- 7467611
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Bingle, A. S. (Alison Seymour), 1895-1971, author
- Description:
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- [Turramurra, N.S.W.] : [J. Bingle], [1986]
- xxii,169 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 29 cm
- ISBN:
- 1862527407
- Summary:
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Includes mention of military authorities fearing Aboriginal people might act as fifth columnists during the second world war p. xvi, 46, 129; recalls Aboriginal people paying tribute to the author upon his retirement p. xvii; includes poem listing animals some of which are hunted by Aboriginal people p. xxi; mentions the artist Albert Namatjira p. 2, 91, 160-161; mentions stories, employment and welfare of Aboriginal pastoral workers p. 6-8, 15, 30-31, 34, 41-42, 46, 47, 50, 52, 53, 57, 58, 108, 127; mentions employment of Aboriginal domestic assistants p. 11, 116, 130, 134; refers to missions p. 23-24, 70; recalls Aboriginal people and their families helping handle a donkey team p. 27; mentions the Kanaka trade and Thursday Islanders p. 32-33; mentions stories and encounters with Aboriginal people p. 23-24, 34-35, 61, 137, 140-141, 142, 144, 147, 148, 151-152, 155-156, 165, 166; speaks of the Royal Flying Doctor Service saving the lives of white and black people p. 45; states Aboriginal people travelled by train p. 60; mentions half-caste people p. 65, 130, 139, 149, 151, 152, 166; tells of early pioneers having problems with Aboriginal people killing stock p. 69; recounts reports of trading drink to Aboriginal people p. 72; overview of Aboriginal lifestyle and culture p. 74-95, 112, 138-139; mentions employment of Aboriginal people in the mining exploration, and crocodile skin, industry p. 103, 111; mentions using Aboriginal people to carry messages on foot between stations p. 115 ; image 'Monday morning at Wave Hill, Northern Territory, early arrivals for rations' p. 74, 'The King and his Queen ...' p. 82, 'Bingo the ward of Mr Joe Egan manager of Ord River Station' p. 89, 'Arrival of mail at Warrinilla near Springsure Qld.' p. 90, 'Jack - making fire with two sticks at Lawn Hill in the Gulf Country' p. 94.
- Notes:
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- Limited ed. of 200 copies.
- Includes index.
- Available from Mr. S.R. Cooper, 1B/28 Woods Parade, Fairlight, N.S.W. 2094.
- "Memoirs of the author who, for over fifty years, was actively associated with the cattle, sheep and dairying industries in the far north of Australia".
- Subject:
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- Bingle, A. S. (Alison Seymour), 1895-1971
- Ranch life -- Australia
- Farm managers -- Australia -- Biography
- Livestock breeders -- Australia -- Biography
- Recreation - Card games
- Hunting, gathering and fishing
- Social identity - Mixed descent
- Defence - World War II
- Weapons - Boomerangs
- Dance - Ceremonial
- Government policy
- Music - Instruments - Wind - Gumleaf
- Occupations - Pastoral industry workers - Drovers / Stockmen
- Economic sectors - Trades - Metal
- Health - Treatments - Traditional
- Reproduction - Childbirth
- Art
- Religion - Rites - Ceremonial objects - Tjuringa / Churinga
- Mining industry - Exploration
- Technology - Containers - Coolamons
- Economic sectors - Agriculture and horticulture - Pastoral industry
- Costume and clothing
- Technology - Stone - Flakes
- Music - Instruments - Wind - Didjeridu
- Indigenous knowledge - Tracking
- Health services - Dental health
- Gender relations - Marriage
- Gender relations - Division of labour
- Religions - Christianity - Missions
- Habitation - Nomadism
- Stories and motifs - Moon
- Gender relations - Intermarriage
- Reproduction
- Music - Instruments - Percussion - Clapsticks
- History - Biographies - Non-Indigenous - Autobiographies
- Reproduction - Birth control / Family planning
- Health - Infectious diseases - Leprosy
- Occupations - Domestic servants
- Magic and sorcery - Bone pointing
- Settlement and contacts - Government settlements, reserves
- Weapons - Spearthrowers
- Northern Territory -- History
- Australia -- History -- 20th century
- Lawn Hill (Qld Gulf SE54-09)
- Western Australia (WA)
- Queensland (Qld)
- Northern Territory (NT)
- Daguragu / Kalkaringi / Wave Hill (Central NT SE52-08)
- Tanami Desert (Central NT SE52, SE53, SF52, SF53)
- Springsure (SW Qld SG55-03)
- Australia
- Kundat Djaru / Gordon Downs (WA East Kimberley SE52-10)
- Ord River / Lake Argyle (WA East Kimberley SE52-02, SD52-14)
- Australian
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2056 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1971
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1986
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