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Author Hallam, Sylvia J.

Title Fire and hearth : a study of Aboriginal usage and European usurpation in south-western Australia / Sylvia J. Hallam
Edition First edition
Published Canberra : Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, 1975
©1979

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Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 W'PONDS  305.89915 Hal/Fah  AVAILABLE
Description xi, 158 pages, 1 folded plate : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
Series Australian Aboriginal studies ; no.58
Prehistory and material culture series ; no.8
Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies. Australian Aboriginal studies ; Prehistory and mat
Australian Aboriginal studies (Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies) ; no. 58
Prehistory and material culture series (Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies) ; no. 58
Contents Introduction -- Business process modeling -- Balanced scorecard -- Controlling process -- Organization -- Quantitative tools -- Operations management -- Appendices
Summary Use of fire by man in world as a whole; use of fire by traditional Aboriginal cultures; specific historical descriptions of use of fire among Aborigines in south west Western Australia using accounts of early explorers and settlers patterns of exploitation, hunting and gathering; fire in Aborigines myth and ritual; importance of fire in prehistory of Australia
Analysis Australian Aborigines. Ecology. Effects of fire
Ceremonies
Colonisation
Environment - Land management - Fire
Gathering
Habitation - Camps - Hearths, ovens, fireplaces etc
Hunting
New South Wales (NSW)
Settlement and contacts - Explorers
South West Western Australia (SW WA SH50, SI50)
Stories and motifs - Fire
Notes "Reprinted 1979" -- title page verso
Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages [127]-142
Event 1975
Notes Copy 4 - donation from Tom Austen Brown collection
From the collection of Ron Vanderwal
Prehistory and material culture series (Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies) no:58
Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Fire use.
Aboriginal Australians -- History.
Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions.
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Western Australia.
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Western Australia.
Ecology -- Australia.
Fire ecology -- Australia.
Ecology -- Australia -- Western Australia.
Fire ecology.
Fire -- Folklore.
Fire -- Mythology -- Australia.
Fire -- Australia.
Fire.
Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Australia.
SUBJECT Australia -- Discovery and exploration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114308
Author Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies.
LC no. 76371372
ISBN 0855750367