| Description |
39 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Series |
Methodist Laymen's memorial lecture ; 9th |
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Methodist Laymen's memorial lecture ; 9th
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| Contents |
Present condition and possible future; System of marriage between the sub-sections; Everyday life; Marriage and relationship; Character, arts and crafts; The eight sub-sections and their totems; Warfare and physique; Magical beliefs; Burial and mourning; Spiritual entities and creation; Map of Arnhem Land; Future possibilities; How to develop the Aborigines; The place of missions; The Christian message |
| Summary |
Brief account of social organization, influence of totemic beliefs on life of natives, marriage systems; economic and daily life; physical make up; warfare, types of magic; Creation belief; relationship of main ceremonies to Kaitchalan; burial & mourning; brief history of contact & settlements, suggestions for future policy |
| Notes |
'Ninth Methodist Laymen's Memorial Lecture Wesley Church, delivered by Rev. T.T. Webb, Methodist Missionary to North Australian Aborigines, Wesley Church, Monday 26th 1943". -- T.p |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| 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 |
Jesus Christ -- Art.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Arnhem Land (N.T.)
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Arnhem Land -- Social life and customs
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Arnhem Land
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Yolngu (Australian people) -- Social life and customs.
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| Genre/Form |
Art.
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| Author |
Methodist Laymen's Missionary Movement, Victoria
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| LC no. |
00417906 |
| ISBN |
2911794095 |
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