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Detail of wrap of PAINTING THE LAND STORY (taylor5p 150/195 TAYL30)
Taylor, Luke (editor). PAINTING THE LAND STORY. National Museum of Australia. BNo. 0-642-56544-9. First Edition, 1999 (pb). Pp: viii, 142; 280mm x 240mm; 0.75kg. 45 col, 55 col(pl), 5 b/w, 5 fig, 1 map. Preface, acknowledgments, introduction, references, notes on the contributors, index. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. National Museum of Australia, Canberra, 1999. (This book was developed to accompany atravelling exhibition of the same name that toured to every Australian state and territory. There are essays by Kim Akerman, Luke Taylor, Howard Morphy, Ute Eickelkamp, Brenda L. Croft and Mary Bani) (Keywords: Traditional, comtemporary art, Australia, Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islanders, The Kimberley, Arnhem Land, Ernabella, Manggalili, Kunwinjku).
Book Code: R050 AU$44
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Detail of front wrapper of WAR OF THE WARRAMULLAS
Terry, Michael. WAR OF THE WARRAMULLAS. Aboriginal survival in central Australia. BNo. 0-85179-790-3. First Edition, 1974. Pp: (x), 174; 210mm x 135mm; 0.41kg. 35 b/w(pl). Contents. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: g. (tear in back panel of dw; now in protective sleeve). Rigby Limited, Adelaide, 1974. (The author's narative is a three fold contribution to our knowledge of recent Australian exploration. On one level it is a thrilling adventure story in which death soon came to men who were not quick on the trigger. On another it is a detailed exposition of the bushcraft by which white men and Aborigines survived in central Australia) (Keywords: Australia, Aboriginal, central, exploration, expedition, bushcraft).
Book Code: T412 AU$30
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Thomas, Rover. ROADS CROSS - THE PAINTINGS OF ROVER THOMAS. With Kim Akerman, Mary Macha, Will Christensen and Wally Caruana. BNo. 0-642-13021-3. First Edition 1994 (pb). Pp: 64; 295mm x 210mm; 0.35kg. 37 col, 1 b/w, 34 fig, 1 map. Selected group exhibitions, major collections, selected references. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. (minor wear on wrp). National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 1994. (Articles entitled: 'The Setting: East Kimberely Country', 'The Paintings', 'Rover Thomas Dreams the Krill Krill', 'The Krill Krill paintings', 'The Killing Times' are well supported with illustrations of the artist's paintings) (Keywords: Traditional, contemporary art, northwest Australia. Aboriginal, Pangkalji, Lulumalulu, Nardihyilli, Pilpirrji, Druwurl, Kulunbun, Billiluna).
Book Code: Q353 SOLD - now out of stock AU$40
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Thomson, Donald F. ARNHEM LAND: Explorations Among an Unknown People. BNo. n/a. First Edition 1948-49 (pb). Pp: 146-64, 3-8, 53-67; 240mm x 155mm; 0.15kg. 21 b/w(pl), 3 fig, 4 maps, 1 chart. Preface, introduction, index. A very good paperback copy. Pages from two volumes collated in card and clip binder. Wrp: vg. Pastedown title-label. The Royal Geographical Society, London, 1948-9. (Part I: The Journey to Bennet Bay; Part II: The People of Blue Mud Bay; Part III: On Foot Across Arnhem Land) (Keywords: Ethnology, exploration, northern Australia, Arnhem Land, Aboriginal, Mildjingi, Markukan, Wuramo).
Book Code: M780 AU$160
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Detail of cover of BINDIBU COUNTRY. (thomson1ap 150/231 THOM01).
Thomson, Donald F. BINDIBU COUNTRY. Around Lake Mckay, West of Alice Springs across the Western Australian border. BNo. 17-005190-0. First Edition, 1977 (1975) (pb). Pp: xi, 172; 210mm x 135mm; 0.40kg. 17 col, 36 b/w, 2 maps. Acknowledgments, introduction, notes, references, glossary, index. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Thomas Nelson (Australia) Limited, Melbourne, 1977. (The Bindibu people, who live about 800 kilometres west of Alice Springs, were the last of Australia's Aborigines living a traditional desert existence. The author was the first anthropologist to make a systematic study of the ecology of their desert homeland and to study their social organisation, taking part in their activities, photographing them and recording their songs) (Keywords: Ethnology, Bindibu, Australia, Aboriginal, social anthropology, ecology).
Book Code: U360 AU$28
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Tindale, Norman B. & Herbert M. Hale. ABORIGINES OF PRINCESS CHARLOTTE BAY, NORTH QUEENSLAND. Extracts from the Records of the South Australian Museum, Vol.V, No.1 and 2. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1934 (pb). Pp: 65 to 172; 245mm x 185mm; 0.32kg. 234 b/w, 10 fig, 4 maps. Introduction, supplementary notes. A very good paperback copy in printed card wrapper. Wrp: vg. South Australian Museum, Hassell Press, Adelaide, 1934. (The writers spent two months in 1927 on Southern Cape York Peninsula, North Queenlands collecting artefacts for the South Australian Museum. The text is well supported with photographs of the full range of artefacts) (Keywords: Ethnology, Australia, Aboriginal, Mutumui, Walmbaria, Kokolamalama, Barunguan).
Book Code: L154 AU$85
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Detail of front of sleeve box of ABORIGINAL TRIBES OF AUSTRALIA - Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. (tindale7p 150/204 TIND07)
Tindale, Norman B. ABORIGINAL TRIBES OF AUSTRALIA. Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. BNo. 0-520-02005-7. First Edition (USA), 1974 (sb). Pp: xii, 404; 275mm x 215mm; 2.32kg. 47 col(pl), 92 b/w(pl), 25 fig, 4 tab, 13 maps. Acknowledgments, introduction, appendix, bibliography, index, Tasmanian Tribes index. A very good copy contained in sleeve box with 4 folded maps in slipcase. Cvr: vg; sl: vg (some spot marking of page-block edges; minor shelf wear). Australian National University, Canberra, 1974. (This book is the summary of results of forty-years inquiry by the author, commencing in the 1920, into the distribution, structure, and nomenclature of all the valid tribal groups to met on the Australian continent. The appendix is a contibution by Rhys Jones on the Tasmanian Tribes) (Keywords: Anthropology, social history, Aboriginal, clans, hordes, Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South).
Book Code: Q319 AU$850
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Tindale, Norman B. TOTEMIC BELIEFS IN THE WESTERN DESERT OF AUSTRALIA. Part I - Women who became the Pleiades. Part II - Musical Rocks and Associated Objects of the Pitjandjara People. Extracts from Records of the South Australian Museum Vol.13 No.3 and Vol.14 No.3 1963. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1963 (pb). Pp: 305-332 & 499-514; 240mm x 180mm; 0.12kg. 15 & 4 b/w, 8 & 6 fig. Summary, introduction, acknowledgments, references cited. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. South Australian Museum, W.L. Hawes, Adelaide, 1963. (In Western Desert lore the Pleiades (part of the constellation Taurus) and the Morning Star (Venus) are ancestral Women Beings. This paper outlines the stories of five Aboriginal tribes) (Keywords: Lore, mythology, stories, Central Australia, Aboriginal, Kungkarungkara, Njiru, Kutjara, tjukurupa, Owalinja, kondala).
Book Code: L131 AU$95
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Detail of wrap - BALGO 4-04 (togni01p 180/198 TOOH01)
Togni, Samantha & Stephen Williamson (editors); George Alexander (text). BALGO 4-04. New Paintings from the Kutjungka Region. BNo.0-646-43302-4. First Edition, 2004 (pb). Pp: vi, 73; 240mm x 225mm; 0.38kg. 52 col. Chairman's statement, introduction, biographies, acknowledgments. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Warlayirti Artists Aboriginal Corporation, Balgo, 2004. (The purpose of this catalogue is to exhibit the work of not only Warlayirti Artists' most recognised artists but also the mid-career and younger artists, giving them increased exposure to art buyers and collectors) (Keywords: Contemporary art, northwestern Australia, Aboriginal, Balgo, Warlayirti Artists).
Book Code: V287 AU$36
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Detail of wrap - BEFORE THE AEROPLANE DANCE (toohey01p 155/213 TOOH01)
Toohey, Edwina. BEFORE THE AEROPLANE DANCE. The Torres Strait and Cape York: Islanders, Aborigines and Adventurers. From the 1860s to 1914. BNo.1-875599894-2. First Edition, 2001 (pb). Pp: viii, 160; 240mm x 175mm; 0.34kg. num b/w & fig, 3 maps. Acknowledgments, end notes, bibliography, index. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Central Queensland University Press, Rockhampton, 2001. (This book contains twenty-eight accounts which outline the history of contact between Islanders, Aborigines and adventurers in the Torres Strait and on the Cape York Peninsula) (Keywords: Early history, Torres Strait, North Australia, Queensland, Cape York, contact, exploration, Islanders, Aborigines, adventurers).
Book Code: U071 AU$20
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