Description |
viii,59 pages : illustrations, diagrams, maps ; 26cm |
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regular print |
Series |
Australian aboriginal studies ; no. 51 |
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Social anthropology series ; no. 7 |
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Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies.
Australian Aboriginal studies ; no. 51
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Social anthropology series ; no. 7
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Australian aboriginal studies ; no. 51
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Social anthropology series ; no. 7
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Summary |
Covers area north of line from Endeavour River at Cooktown to Mitchell River on Gulf of Carpentaria, map shows tribal groups; based on field work 1928, 1929 and 1932-33; p.1-2; Briefly describes coastal terrain of Koko Yas & Ompela, inland country of Wik Mongkan & Kandju, local organisation, clans, government, moieties (except Wik Mungkan), personal totemism; p.3-14; Ompela - location, table shows classification, differences from other Australian systems noted, marriage relationships, betrothal & changes in designation required by marriage (betrothal ceremony described, removal of motherinlaw avoidance,; terms of address, table of changes given), other designations (nicknames, special status terms), kinship and behaviour (instruction, discipline, joking, freedom of behaviour, gifts); p.15-20; Wik-Mongkan - location, table of kin classification, marriage, kin terminology, choice of spouse, behaviour; p.21-23; Tjungundji - marriage system, behaviour, table of kin classification, classification by age and maturity; p.24-26; Wutati - location, Papuan influences in religious beliefs, moieties, clans, marriages rules, table of kin classification, behaviour; p.27; Summary and conclusions; p.28-36; Appendices - I, Yintjinga kin classification, Wik Alkan kin classification, Wik Ngatara, Koko Minjena kin classification; II, Curriculum vitae published work; Afterword by H.W. Scheffler - Wik Mongkan kinship, polysemy, structural analysis (comparison with terminology used in Wik Mongkan mourning), parent and child categories, grandparent terms, classification of cross cousins, descent lines and kinship; charts, alternate generations; Koko Minjena system, marriage; Selection of D.F. Thomsons photographs of Cape York Aborigines |
Analysis |
Aborigines. Kinship. Queensland. Cape York Peninsula. Research reports |
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Aborigines. Social organisation. Queensland. Cape York Peninsula. Research reports |
Notes |
pls.; port.; diags.; tbl.; map |
Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 58-59 |
Event |
1972 |
Notes |
Copy 3 - donation from Tom Austen Brown collection |
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Social anthropology series no:7 |
Subject |
Aboriginal Australians -- Kinship -- Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
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Aboriginal Australians -- Kinship -- Australia -- Cape York Peninsula (Qld.)
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Aboriginal Australians -- Kinship.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Queensland -- Cape York Peninsula -- Social structure
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Cape York Peninsula (Qld.)
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Aboriginal Australians -- Kinship -- Australia -- Queensland.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Queensland -- Social life and customs.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Queensland -- Cape York Peninsula -- Social life and customs
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Queensland -- Cape York Peninsula
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Queensland -- Dunwich
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Kinship -- Australia -- Cape York Peninsula (Qld.)
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Kinship.
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Social structure -- Australia -- Cape York Peninsula (Qld.)
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Social structure.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Cape York Peninsula, Queensland -- Social structure
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Social structure.
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Author |
Scheffler, Harold W.
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Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies.
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LC no. |
73168051 |
ISBN |
085575026X |
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