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Detail of wrapper of OUR LIVING STONE AGE
Idriess, Ion L. OUR LIVING STONE AGE. Aboriginal life from birth to marriage. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1963. Pp: xix, 224; 235mm x 155mm; 0.68kg. 1 col, 76 b/w. Author's note. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. (minor wear on dw). Angus and Robertson Ltd, Sydney, 1963. (For half a lifetime Ion L. Idriess roamed the untamed northern regions of Australia from Cape York Peninsula to the Kimberleys, the last strongholds of the Aborigines, whom he saw living their life as they had for untold centuries. In these pages he gives a vivid picture of that life as he saw it, in all its wonderful harmony with nature, its iron laws and strange rites, its human warmth and drama and tragedy) (Keywords: Social anthropology, Australia, Aboriginal).
Book Code: Q215 AU$120
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Detail of wrap - KNOWLEDGE AND SECRECY IN AN ABORIGINAL RELIGION (keen1p 150/236 KEEN01)
Keen, Ian. KNOWLEDGE AND SECRECY IN ABORIGINAL RELIGION. Yolngu of North-East Arnhem Land. BNo.0-19-550752-5. Reprint Edition, 1997 (1994) (pb). Pp: xviii, 347; 215mm x 135mm; 0.40kg. 8 fig, 13 tab, 5 maps. Introduction, glossary, bibliography, index. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1997. (The author examines the framing of relgious forms and the control of the dissemination of knowledge in three contexts: among social networks; age and gender relations; and in relationships with people of a wider region) (Keywords: Social anthropology, Australia, Aboriginal, Arnhem Land, Yolngu, religion, kin, initiation).
Book Code: N365 AU$65
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Detail of wrapper of INVASION AND RESISTANCE ( loos01ap 150/230 LOOS01)
Loos, Noel. INVASION AND RESISTANCE. Aboriginal-European relations on the North Queensland frontier 1861-1897. BNo.0-7081-1521-7. First Edition, 1982. Pp: xiv, 323; 210mm x 135mm; 0.56kg. 20 b/w, 5 tab, 7 maps. Foreword, preface, abbreviations, introduction, notes, bibliography, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. (minor wear on cvr & dw; blanked-out name on tp). Australian National University Press, Canberra, 1982. (This book studies Australian-European relations on four different frontiers of contact. Though the pastoral industry led to the colonisation of most of North Queensland other parts were also the scene of confrontation: the gold mines, the timber getting areas and the pearlshell and beche-de-mer areas on the far north coast) (Keywords: Sociology, colonisation, political history, Australia, Aboriginal).
Book Code: T441 SOLD - now out of stock AU$25
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Detail of wrapper of JOURNEY TO ABORIGINAL VICTORIA (massola2p 150/225 MASS02)
Massola, Aldo. JOURNEY TO ABORIGINAL VICTORIA. Sites location, significance, and histories. BNo. 70-98412. First Edition, 1969. Pp: (xii), 204; 230mm x 150mm; 0.75kg. 90 b/w. Index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Rigby Limited, Adelaide, 1969. (The author describes some of the sites which were once of supreme importance to the Aborigines of Victoria. He describes their location, significance, and histories) (Keywords: Cultural history, Australia, southeast, Aboriginal, indigenous peoples, archaeological sites).
Book Code: H150 AU$60
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Massola, Aldo. THE ABORIGINAL PEOPLE. Tribal Aborigines' way of life in Victoria. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1969 (pb). Pp: (x), 69; 210mm x 135mm; 0.15kg. 14 b/w. Introduction, selected bibliography, index. A good paperback copy. Wrp: g. (minor wear). Cypress Books, Mont Albert, Victoria, 1969. (The book concentrates on the setting down information on the Victorian Aborigines' way of life, and their complete assimilation with their tribal territory) (Keywords: Ethnology, weapons, making fire, Australia, Aboriginal).
Book Code: E113 AU$14
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Detail of wrapper of THE ABORIGINES OF SOUTH-EASTERN AUSTRALIA - As they Were (massola12p 160/205 MASS12)
Massola, Aldo. THE ABORIGINES OF SOUTH-EASTERN AUSTRALIA. As they Were. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1971. Pp: x, 166; 250mm x 190mm; 0.88kg. Over 70 b/w & 70 fig, 3 maps. Acknowledgments, introduction, bibliography, index. A good copy in chipped dust wrapper. Cvr: g; dw: g. (minor shelf wear). William Heinemann Australia Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 1971. (The author relates the history of the forefathers of the Aborigines of south-eastern Australia, from the time of their arrival on this continent through to their first contacts with European settlement) (Keywords: Anthropology, Australia, Aboriginal, south-eastern).
Book Code: N820 AU$65
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Detail of wrap - AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL STONE IMPLEMENTS (1976). Including Bone, Shell and Tooth Implements (mccarthy03p 150/196 MCCA03)
McCarthy, F.D. AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL STONE IMPLEMENTS (1976). Including Bone, Shell and Tooth Implements. BNo. n/a. Second Revised Edition, 1976 (1967)(pb). Pp: 107; 240mm x 175mm; 0.30kg. 73 b/w & fig. Introduction, glossary, list of references. A very good paperback copy in illustrated wrap. Wrp: vg. Australian Museum, Sydney, 1976. (This book is a general illustrated overview of implements from all parts of Australia covering percussion, abrading and ritual implements, weapons, fire-making and fishing stones, and others) (Keywords: Archaeology, ethnology, Australia, Aboriginal).
Book Code: K288 AU$15
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Moorehead, Alan. COOPER'S CREEK. The story of the Burke and Wills Expedition in 1860. BNo. n/a. First Edition 1963. Pp: x, 222; 210mm x 135mm; 0.52kg. 27 b/w, 14 fig, 2 maps. Note, index. A good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: g; dw: g. Hamish Hamilton Ltd, London, 1963. (This book is the story of the fated drama of the Burke and Wills Expedition from Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria in 1860. The author has researched the expedition by reading all the documents, many of them unpublished, in the archives of the State Library in Melbourne - the diaries of the explorers, their letters, the evidence of the Royal Commission which was set up afterwards) (Keywords: Australia, exploration, Menindie, Innamincka, Birdsville, Cloncurry).
Book Code: A099 AU$24
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Detail of wrapper of THE FATAL IMPACT - The Invasion of the South Pacific (moorehead23p 150/212 MOOR23)
Moorehead, Alan. THE FATAL IMPACT (New Edition). The Invasion of the South Pacific 1767-1840. BNo. 0-241-12346-1. New Edition, 1987. Pp: 252; 260mm x 185mm; 1.03kg. 53 col, 131 b/w, 2 maps. Preface, author's note, bibliography, source of illustrations, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Mead and Beckett Publishing, Sydney, 1987. (The book gives a short account of the penetration of the Pacific over a period of eight years. The author has followed Captain James Cook on his Pacific voyages) (Keywords: Exploration, Otoo, Tahiti, Australia, Botany Bay, settlement, Aborigines, Antarctic).
Book Code: B029 AU$32
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