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Author Roth, Walter E. (Walter Edmund), 1861-1933.

Title Ethnological studies among the north-west-central Queensland Aborigines / by Walter E. Roth
Published Brisbane, Qld. : Edmund Gregory, Government Printer, 1897

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 ADPML SPC  572.89915 Rot/Esa  LIB USE ONLY
 ADPML SPC  572.89915 Rot/Esa  LIB USE ONLY
Description xvi, 199 pages, 24 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, genealogical tables, map ; 26 cm
Contents Bibliography: p.vi-x
Summary P.1-40; Pitta - Pitta grammar & vocabulary (approximately 650 words); p.41-55; List of tribes indigenous to Boulia, Marion Downs, Bedouri, Cooraboolka, Mooraboola, Burke River, Warenda, Breadalbane, Carlo, Upper Mulligan River, Middle Diamantina River, Glenormiston, Leichhardt-Selwyn district, Cloncurry, Upper Flinders, Upper Georgina; tabular comparison between various words used in different districts - parts of body, flora & fauna, other objects of nature, weapons & utensils, numerals, abstract ideas (Walookera, Yaroinga, Undekerebina, Ulaolinya, Wonkajera, Karanya, Pitta Pitta; Miorli, Goa, Woonamurra, Mitakoodi, Kalkadoon); family relationships (Pitta - Pitta, Kalkadoon, Mitakoodi, Miubbi, Woonamurra, Goa, Wommin); p.56- 70; Social & individual nomenclature; class systems; patronym, or tribal name (Pitta Pitta, Yunda ); gamo-matro-nym (Pitta - Pitta, Mitakoodi, Miubbi, Woonamurra, Goa, Kalkadoon); paedo - matro - nym (Kalkadoon, Miubbi, Workoboongo & Boulia district tribes); hetero - nym tables with details of groups; genea - nym (Pitta - Pitta, Kalkadoon, Mitakoodi, Miubbi, Woonamurra); genealogical tree of Pitta - Pitta native; auto nym (Boulia district); clima - nym (Pitta - Pitta, Kalkadoon, Yaroinga, Mitakoodi, Woonamurra); notes on similar systems of nomenclature - Palm Island, Cooktown, Laura, Croydon (Wollangama); probable interpretations of class system; p.71-90; Sign language, 213 signs illustrated & described, Boulia (Pitta - Pitta, Boinji, Ulaolinya, Wonkajera), Upper Georgina (Walookera, Undekerebina), Leichhardt Selwyn (Kalkadoon), Cloncurry (Mitakoodi), Flinders (Woonamurra), Upper Diamantina (Goa); p.91-100; Search for food, covers plants, gives scientific & Aboriginal name, animals, birds, fish (with note on nets & dams in Boulia district), insects; trading of pituri, route of trade, method of preparing; this section covers foregoing areas; p.101-107; Domestic implements & utensils, details of manufacture - koolamons, native chisels (throughout N.W. Central areas), cementing substance, artificial bending & straightening of timber, water bags of skin, human & animal hair dilly bags,; grindstones, nardoo stone (Boulia & Upper Georgina), baking ovens, fire sticks, yam sticks (Cloncurry), huts & shelters (Boulia, Cloncurry, Leichhardt - Selwyn area); p.108-116; Ornamentation & decoration method of hair dressing, head ornaments, tooth decorations (Boulia, Georgina, Leichhardt - Selwyn, Cloncurry), nets, fillets, circlets, spiral bands, nose piercing (Boulia), ear piercing (Cloncurry), tooth avulsion; (Boulia, Upper Georgina, Diamantina areas), beards (Boulia), necklaces, chest ornaments, waist-belts & aprons, phallocrypts, painting & feathering of body, mutilation, scarification; rock painting - Oorindimindi Station & on old Normanton road approximately 6 miles from Cloncurry; engraving in Glenormiston area; p.117- 131; Recreations - corroborees, details of performances, authorship, the Molonglo travelling corroboree, decorations, gives few lines of Pitta - Pitta song with translation, instruments; details of the Molonglo dances, songs & actions; tales from Boulia district; toy boomerang, throwing stick, whirler, ball games, skipping rope, hide & seek, mimicry, pit throwing; p.132-138; Travel, trade & barter, signs & signals on the road, names of waterholes, camping grounds, rivers, mountains; arrangement of camping ground when visiting (Pitta-Pitta, Miorli, Yunda, Yellunga); details of trade routes; message sticks illustrated & described (Boulia - Pitta- Pitta, Boinji, Karanya, Springvale - Miorli, Selwyn Kalkadoon, Flinders Woonamurra, Cloncurry Mitakoodi); p.139-151; Law & order, fighting methods, interand intratribal disputes (Boulia, Glenormiston - Undekeribina tribe), classification of fighting boomerangs (Pitta - Pitta, Mitakoodi, Kalkadoon, Walookera, Yaroinga, Wonkajera); material, manufacture & flight, notes on the ornate boomerang, fluted type (all areas), plain, hooked types; two handed sword
Notes Includes index
Some copies may or may not contain the ethno-pornographic plate
Bibliography Bibliography: page [vii]-x
Notes Also issued online
Herbarium copy has Ink stamp on t.p.: Ex Libris J.R. Bailey Botanic Gardens Brisbane. QDEH
Subject Roth, Walter E. (Walter Edmund), 1861-1933 -- Travel -- Australia -- Queensland.
Waluwarra language G10.
Ulaolinya language G2.
Wangka-Yutjurru language G5.
Maiawali language L40.
Guwa language G9.1.
Wunumara language G16.1.
Mayi-Thakurti / Mitakoodi language G16.
Kalkatungu / Kalkadoon language G13.
Pitta Pitta people G6.
Kalkatungu / Kalkadoon people G13.
Mayi-Thakurti / Mitakoodi people G16.
Ayerrerenge language G12.
Antekerrepenhe language C12.
Pitta Pitta language G6.
Warluwarra language G10.
Language - Linguistics - Grammar and syntax.
Social organisation - Kinship - Systems.
Pitta Pitta / Bittha Bittha language (G6) (Qld SF54-10)
Warluwarra language (G10) (Qld SF54-05)
Ayerrerenge / Yuruwinga language (G12) (NT SF54-05)
Antekerrepenh / Antekerrepinhe / Andegerebenha language (C12) (NT SF53-12)
Ulaolinya / Lanima language (G2) (Qld SF54-13)
Wanggadyara language (G5) (Qld SF54-09)
Majuli / Maiawali language (L40) (Qld SF54-15)
Guwa language (G9.1) (Qld SF54-11)
Wanamara language (G16.1) (Qld SF54-07)
Mayi-Thakurti / Mitakoodi language (G16) (Qld SF54-02)
Kalkatungu / Kalkadoon language (G13) (Qld SF54-02)
Pitta Pitta / Bittha Bittha people (G6) (Qld SF54-10)
Kalkatungu / Kalkadoon people (G13) (Qld SF54-02)
Mayi-Thakurti / Mitakoodi people (G16) (Qld SF54-02)
Aboriginal Australians -- Languages.
Aboriginal Australians -- Rites and ceremonies.
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Queensland -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Queensland -- Social life and customs.
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Queensland, Central -- Rites and ceremonies.
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Queensland, Central.
Ethnology -- Australia -- Queensland.
Ethnology -- Australia -- Queensland.
Ethnology.
SUBJECT Queensland http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79004089 -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001278
Author Etheridge, Robert, Junior, 1846-1920.
Queensland. Agent General's Office, publisher
LC no. 05038957
Other Titles Among the north-west central Queensland aborigines