170 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 x 25 cm
Series
Australian history
Contents
Life of history -- Nagalarramba: 1952-1992 -- Intersecting pasts -- Intentions and expectations -- Web of transactions: Rom -- The photographic narrative begins - Arrival and settling in, Kunibidji camps, night-time storytelling, new arrivals, canoe making, Rringkidj returns, Ngarana, ceremonies begin, welcome to the bringers of the Rom, threatened fight, Rom: teaching the law, making the pole, dancing begins, presentation of the pole, return thanks, end of ceremonies, departure -- Was that how it was? -- Appendices -- References
Summary
Photographic essay of photographer Axel Poignant's (1906-86) 1952 expedition to the Liverpool River in Arnhem Land
Analysis
Kunibidgi people
Notes
Published with the assistance of the Morris West Trust Fund