Description |
202 pages : illustrations, maps, portrait ; 23 cm |
Series |
AIAS new series ; no. 17 |
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AIAS new series ; no. 17
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Contents |
Includes index |
Summary |
Narrative account of Ngabidjs life, including large amounts of information on traditional law and social organisation; relationship to land; location and relationships between Gadjerong, Miriwong, Wunambal, Gidja, Ngarinman, Djaru, Murinbata, Yilngali, Garamau, Wadjagidj, Malak tribal groups; naming, totems, conception, kinship, marriage, initiation; station life and stock work, violent conflicts with whites, Forrest River massacre, relations with police; food, hunting, shelters, didgeridoo; legends, cosmology, magic, sorcery, poisoning, medicine; ceremonies, cults; tribal law, executions, fights and social control; revival of traditional law; introduction by Shaw with historical notes, comments on the narrative and on Aboriginal English; glossary |
Analysis |
Australian Aborigines. Ngabidj, Grant, 1904-1977. Biographies |
Notes |
Includes index |
Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [191]-195 |
Event |
1981 |
Notes |
AIAS new series no:17 |
Subject |
Ngabidj, Grant, 1904-1977.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Biography.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Kununurra (W.A.)
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Biography.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Western Australia.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Western Australia.
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Ethnology -- Australia -- Kununurra (W.A.)
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Gadjerong (Australian people) -- Biography.
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Gadjerong (Australian people) -- Social conditions.
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Gadjerong (Australian people) -- Social life and customs.
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Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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Author |
Shaw, Bruce, 1951-
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Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies.
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LC no. |
82225947 |
ISBN |
0391022180 |
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085575088X |
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