| Description |
4 volumes (xix, 425 pages, vi, 501 page, viii, 710 pages, 45 pages : illustration, map ; 23 cm, 49 cm |
| Contents |
Includes index |
| Summary |
volume1, pages 1-35; General language information, orthography, table of 20 common & widespread Australian words, language & vocabulary comparisons, names of languages, quotes Ridleys Kamilaroi grammar, comments on words in the vocabularies; pages 36- 105; Physical characteristics, hair, skin, senses, half-castes, religious beliefs, sorcery (Bangerang, Victoria, New South Wales), medicine men, cures for sickness (Bangerang, Burdekin area), minor superstitions, astronomical beliefs (Bangerang,; Kilmore), personal property, government & leadership, family life, law & conflict (tribal & intertribal), property & inheritance, childhood, types of initiation, lists areas where circumcision & subincision are prevalent, infanticide, cannibalism,; trade & exchange, foods & food-getting, foodsharing, cooking, drinks, water collection, pitcheri, fighting methods, mortuary rites, corroborees, body painting, music, sign language, clothing, mutiliation & body ornaments, art, shelters, totemism; history of European contact; pages 106-142; Marriage, marital status, capture, elopement, status of women, marriage classes, extensive quotation from Ridley on rules & classes of Kamilaroi, Wailwun, Moreton Bay to Wide Bay, Barwan, Wiraiarai, Kogai, Pikumbul, Narran River; quotes Fison on group marriage, gives relationship terms for Dieyeri, Larriquia, Mooloola, Western Australia, Kamilaroi, Dippel, Encounter Bay, Woolna, Murray mouth; pages 143-151; Weapons & implements, spears, wommera, boomerang, clubs, shields, tomahawk, knife, chisel, kooditcha shoes, canoes, messengers & message sticks, nets & bags pages 152-189; Origins - comparison with extraAustralian races; pages 190-207; Arrival and spread of Aborigines, diffusion of cultural traits, languages; pages 208-234; Disease, prevalent diseases, introduction of smallpox, population decrease, general remarks on native health; pages 235-244; Comments on earlier writers on Aborigines; pages 245-425; 39 articles on particular areas listed separately in this bibliography; volume 2, pages 3-501; Articles 40-135 listed separately; volume 3, pages 3-589; Articles 136-214D listed separately; pages 592-699; Appendices, A - The Tasmanians; B - The ovens, caves, paintings, and sculptures... both listed separately volume 4, pages 4-45; Comparative vocabulary of 63 terms arranged by area & term; map shows location of tribes, areas of circumcision & subincision |
| Notes |
Fold-out map inserted in flap, rear of volume 4: Continental Australia, showing the routes by which the Aboriginal race spread itself throughout the continent |
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Wordlists included for tribes discussed in vols. 1-3. Vol. 4 consists of a comparative vocabulary of selected words |
| Bibliography |
Includes indexes |
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Bangerang people (S40) (Vic SJ55-02)
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Bigambul people (D34) (Qld SH56-01)
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Dalla people (E25) (Qld SG56-10)
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Diyari / Dieri people (L17) (SA SH54-01)
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Gawambaray people (D39) (Qld SH55-16)
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Kogai / Gogai people (D38) (Qld SG55-16)
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Larrakia / Laragiya / Gulumirrgin people (N21) (NT SD52-04)
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Ngiyampaa / Ngemba people (D22) (NSW SH55-10)
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Wailwan / Weilwan people (D20) (NSW SH55-11)
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Wulna / Wuna people (N29) (NT SD52-04)
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Larrakia language N21
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Bangerang language S40
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Bigambul language D34
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Dalla language E25
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Dieri language L17
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Wuna language N29
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Gawambaraay language D39
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Kogai language D38
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Ngiyampaa / Ngempa language D22
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Wayilwan language D20
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Ngiyampaa / Ngempa people D22
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Bangerang people S40
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Wayilwan people D20
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Wuna people N29
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Aboriginal Australians -- Languages -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Languages.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Queensland -- Languages.
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Aboriginal Australians.
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Australian languages -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
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Australian languages.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia -- History -- To 1788.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88000618
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| Genre/Form |
Dictionaries.
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Controlled vocabularies.
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