Description |
xxii, 323 pages, 18 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, folded map, music, portraits ; 23 cm |
Contents |
List of places, names, plants and trees with a few speciments of Aboriginal vocabulary |
Summary |
Bonyi feasts in Blackall Range; cannibalism, body ornaments, painting and cicatrization; 2 corroboree songs - words with music transcript; medicine men; magic stones, burial customs, method of discovering murders; Kippa and Mallara ceremomies of initiation, ritual decoration, ceremonial fighting, bora ring sites around Brisbane area; Removal of finger joint (females); Exchange of goods at Corroborees; Dream beliefs; Native remedies for sickness, curative properties of dugong; Methods of hunting and fishing, use of porpoises; types of food and preparation, obtaining of water, making fire; Canoe making, types of huts, weapons (including shields), vessels, string and basket making; Types of games; physical characteristics; Legends; Inter-tribal marriage; Early clashes and murders; inter-tribal relations - Stradbroke Island, Bribie, Moroochy, Brisbane groups; Notes on Bribie Island Reserve; trackers, Expedition to Wide Bay River in 1842 - encounters with natives (Andrew Petrie); List of places, names, plants, and trees with word list of approximately 60 words (Bribie Island, Maroochy, Glass House Mountain dialects) |
Analysis |
Turrbal people |
Notes |
"The greater portion of ... this book first appeared in the 'Queenslander' in the form of articles" p. [vii] |
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First published : Brisbane : Watson, Ferguson & Co., 1904 |
Subject |
Petrie, Tom, 1831-1910
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Queensland -- Social conditions.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Brisbane (Qld.) -- Social life and customs.
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SUBJECT |
Queensland http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79004089 -- Description and travel http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001278 -- 1851-1900
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Queensland http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79004089 -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001278
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Queensland -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116481 -- 1851-1901
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Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Author |
Petrie, Constance Campbell, 1873-1926.
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