Title My mate Dick / by Ion L. Idriess

Published [Sydney] : Angus and Robertson, [1962]

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ADPML SPC	919.43 Idr/Mmd		LIB USE ONLY

Description 244 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm Summary p.2; Belief that grease from a corpse rubbed over body transfers qualities of the dead warrior to person; p.3; Use of Kaolin clay to heal wounds; p.18; Description of a native buried alive in anthill as revenge murder; p.188; Great Barrier Reef natives custom of extracting oil phosphurus substance from fish to use as luminous body paint; p.211; Native camp described; Description of death-bone; contents of witch-doctors dilly-bag Notes pls.; map Event [1962] Restricted Mediated access: access to First Nations materials may be restricted while an audit, reparative description and reclassification of these materials is in progress Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Queensland -- Cape York Peninsula SUBJECT Cape York Peninsula (Qld.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85019901 Cape York Peninsula (Qld.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85019901 -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001278 Cape York Peninsula (Qld.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85019901 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 Cape York Peninsular (Qld.) -- History Queensland http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79004089 -- Description and travel http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001278 -- 1901-1950 Queensland -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116481 -- 1900-1929 LC no. xcc00014062

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