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Detail of dust wrapper of ARANDA TRADITIONS. (strehlow1ap 150/238)
Strehlow, T.G.H. ARANDA TRADITIONS. Aboriginal tribe of Central Australia. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1947. Pp: xxii, 181; 215mm x 135mm; 0.37kg. 10 b/w, 1 chart, 1 map. Acknowledgments, preface, introduction, appendix, index. A good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: g; dw: vg. (lower margin water stains; pastedown on fep). Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1947. (The three papers in this volume were all written in the year 1934. 'Tjurunga-Ownership' describes how the sacred traditions of the Aranda have been handed down through the centuries; 'Three Aranda Sub-Groups' points out some of the differences in customs and speech; 'Northern Aranda Myths' gives a brief outline of the legends of one of these Aranda sub-groups) (Keywords: Anthropology, Australia, Aboriginal, Aranda, Inurunga, tjurunga).
Book Code: Q107 SOLD - now out of stock AU$185
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Detail of wrapper - DREAMINGS (sykes01p 165/185 SYKE01)
Sykes, Jim & Allan L. Peters (editors). POLICE TROOPERS OF THE OUTBACK. Stories of everyday life of the trooper. BNo.9781-86333-318-4. First Edition, 2008 (pb). Pp: xii, 258; 225mm x 200mm; 0.66kg. num b/w. Foreword, introduction, editors, index. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Crawford House Publishing, Adelaide, 2008. (This book, while illustrating the formation of one of the world's oldest organised police forces, contains many stories of high adventure, humour and heartache that all formed part of the everyday life of the trooper) (Keywords: Law and order, Australia, colonial history, police troopers, colonial history).
Book Code: V389 AU$54
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Detail of dust wrapper of KINSHIP ORGANISATIONS AND GROUP MARRIAGES IN AUSTRALIA. (thomas11p 145/215 THOM11)
Thomas, N.W. KINSHIP ORGANISATIONS AND GROUP MARRIAGES IN AUSTRALIA. Definitions and history. BNo. n/a. New Impression, 1966 (1906). Pp: xiv, 163; 220mm x 145mm; 0.41kg. 5 tab, 3 maps. Preface, contents, bibliography, index to abbreviation. A good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: g; dw: g. (minor wear). F.W. Cheshire, Melbourne, 1966. (This this work, the author is concerned with kinship groups and the marriage regulations based on them. He discusses the social organisation of various tribes in relation to the descent of kinship from its original and primitive form) (Keywords: Anthropology, Australia, Aboriginal, phratry, totems, Kurnai, Dieri, Kamilario).
Book Code: M628 AU$45
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Detail of dust wrap - CHILDREN OF THE DREAMTIME. (thomson08p 165/224 THOM08)
Thomson, Donald F. CHILDREN OF THE DREAMTIME. Traditional Family Life in Aboriginal Australia. BNo.0-670-90158-X. New Edition, 1989 (1983). Pp: xi, 84; 285mm x 210mm; 0.52kg. 75 b/w, 1 map. Acknowledgments, afterword, further reading. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. (minor bump on back corner). Viking O'Neil, Penguin Books Australia Ltd, Ringwood, Victoria, 1953. (During the 1920s Donald Thomson took photographs on his arduous journeys through the tribal lands of northern and central Australia. This book contains some of the photographs of children with notes on the way they lived) (Keywords: Anthropology, Central, Northern Australia, Aboriginal, Arnhem Land, Cape York, Desert, Bindibu, Wongo, people, photography, children).
Book Code: T230 AU$50
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Thomson, Donald F. ECONOMIC STRUCTURE AND THE CEREMONIAL EXCHANGE CYCLE IN ARNHEM LAND. Exchange of presents based on custom and ceremony. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1949. Pp: (vi), 106; 215mm x 135mm; 0.30kg. 11 b/w, 2 maps. Acknowledgments, introduction, glossary, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: g. (minor chip lower corner dw). Macmillan & Co Limited, Melbourne, 1949. (The author's scientific examination of aboriginal psychology and custom enhances the study of a pattern of exchange which was fast disappearing. Artefacts exchanged for Malayan iron axes, textiles, bottle-glass scrapers and canoes) (Keywords: Ethnology, Australia, Aboriginal, ritual, trade).
Book Code: K103 AU$200
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Detail of front wrap of THE MARDUDJARA ABORIGINES - Living the Dream in Australia's Desert (tonkinson1p 150/221 TONK01)
Tonkinson, Robert. THE MARDUDJARA ABORIGINES - Living The Dream In Australia's Desert. Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology - General Editors: George and Louise Spindler. BNo. 0-03-039821-5. First Edition, 1978. Pp: x, 149; 235mm x 160mm; 0.22kg. 16 b/w, 9 fig, 2 tab, 3 maps. Foreword, preface, introduction, references cited, glossary, index. A good paperback copy. Wrp: g. (wear on edges & corner of wrp). Holt, Rinehart and Winston Inc, New York, 1978. (This case study is about the Mardu, a people of the Great Western Desert and is the results of the author's fieldwork with this surviving nomadic group) (Keywords: Anthropology, Central Australia, rituals, beliefs).
Book Code: H448 AU$20
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Venbrux, Eric. A DEATH IN THE TIWI ISLANDS. Conflict, Ritual and Social Life in an Australian Aboriginal Community. BNo. 0-521-47351-9. First Edition, 1995 (pb). Pp: xviii, 269; 230mm x 150mm; 0.49kg. 6 fig, 3 maps. Preface and acknowledgments, genealogies, dramatis personae, references, index. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1995. (This book is not only a detailed description and analysis of the Tiwi culture, but at the same time a study of its interaction with the state's criminal justice system) (Keywords: Anthropology, Australia, Aboriginal, Tiwi, social aspects, rites, ceremonies, funeral customs).
Book Code: N020 AU$30
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Waite, Edgar R. AN ABORIGINAL GIRDLE. Contained in Records of the South Australian Museum, Vol.II, No.3, June 30 1923. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1923 (pb). Pp: 431 to 432; 245mm x 185mm; 0.43kg. 2 b/w(pl). Explanation of plate. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. South Australian Museum, W.L. The Hasell Press, Adelaide, 1923. (The author describes an Aboriginal girdle from North Queensland made from moth cocoons strung on sinnet) (Keywords: Ethnology, Australia, Aboriginal, North Queensland).
Book Code: N219 SOLD - now out of stock AU$30
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Waite, Edgar R. DUMMY MOURNING CAPS OF THE MURRAY RIVER NATIVES. Contained in Records of the South Australian Museum, Vol.II, No.4, April 30 1924. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1924 (pb). Pp: 471 to 478; 245mm x 185mm; 0.20kg. 5 b/w(pl). Explanation of plates. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. South Australian Museum, W.L. The Hasell Press, Adelaide, 1924. (Widows' caps, mourning caps, weeping caps or helmets, korno or kopi as worn by bereaved wives of Aborigines from parts of the River Murray system are described and traditions and ceremonies discussed) (Keywords: Ethnology, anthropology, Australia, Aboriginal, River Murray).
Book Code: N218 AU$30
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