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Idriess, Ion L. THE WILD MAN OF BADU. A Story of the Coral Sea. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1950. Pp: xvi, 232; 210mm x 135mm; 0.48kg. 19 b/w(pl), 3 maps. Acknowledgments, author's note. A good copy in chipped wrapper. Cvr: g; dw: g. (minor water stain). Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1950. (The author has reconstructed the true story of a convict who escaped from Norfolk Island to become chief of Badu in the Torres Strait) (Keywords: Exploration, adventure, Australia, Torres Strait, Badu).
Book Code: E423 SOLD - now out of stock AU$30
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Detail of front cover of ARTS AND CRAFTS OF TORRES STRAIT (moore1p 150/206 MOOR01)
Moore, David R. ARTS AND CRAFTS OF TORRES STRAIT. Shire Ethnography Series. BNo. 0-7478-0007-3. First Edition, 1989 (pb). Pp: 64; 210mm x 150mm; 0.14kg. 48 b/w & fig, 2 maps. Acknowledgments, further reading, index. A good paperback copy. Wrp: g. (minor buckle in top cover). Shire Publications Ltd, Aylesbury, UK, 1989. (In this study of the Torres Strait Islanders, the author considers the utilitarian, religious, recreational, personal, commercial and military products of the island craftsmen and their application and usage in the many aspects of island life) (Keywords: Ethnology, material culture, Pacific, Australia, Melanesia, doiom, Massid, Tutu, Waier, Waiet).
Book Code: K167 AU$22
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Moore, David R. ISLANDERS AND ABORIGINES AT CAPE YORK. An ethnographic reconstruction based on the 1848-1850 'Rattlesnake' Journals of O.W. Brierly and information he obtained from Barbara Thompson. BNo. 0-85575-082-0 First Edition, 1978 (pb). Pp: xii, 340; 250mm x 180mm; 0.71kg. 19 b/w(pl), 9 fig, 5 maps. Preface, acknowledgments, appendix, bibliography, glossary, index. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Canberra, 1978. (This book is an adventure story and a detailed ethnography of a hitherto little-known group of hunters and gardeners at the frontier between Australia and New Guinea) (Keywords: Ethnography, Australia, Torres Strait, prehistory, Kaurareg, Gudang).
Book Code: D344 SOLD - now out of stock AU$25
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Detail of front of wrapper of THE TORRES STRAIT COLLECTIONS OF A.C. HADDON (moore5p 165/217 MOOR05)
Moore, David R. THE TORRES STRAIT COLLECTIONS OF A.C. HADDON. A Descriptive Catalogue. BNo. 0-7141-1569-X. First Edition, 1984. Pp: 110; 280mm x 220mm; 1.20kg. 450 b/w(pl), 5 b/w, 8 fig, 2 maps. Preface, acknowledgments, introduction, addenda, bibliography. A good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: g; dw: g. (minor tape marks on fep). British Museum Publications Limited, London, 1984. (Over 700 items have been catalogued and described and 450 of these artefacts have been illustrated. The catalogue itself is preceded by brief geographical and historical introductions, together with a simplified general ethnography which serves to place the artefacts in their social and political context) (Keywords: Ethnology, Australia, Torres Strait Islander, Mer, Moa, Mubulag, Mabuiag, Muralug. Nagir, Yam, Tutu, Dauar).
Book Code: P135 SOLD - now out of stock AU$430
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Mosby, Tom, & Brian Robinson. ILAN PASIN. (This is Our Way). BNo. 0-9586858-4-3. First Edition, 1998 (pb). Pp: 152; 305mm x 245mm; 0.98kg. 100 col, 2 b/w, 1 map. Prefaces, introduction, list of works, acknowledgments, author and writer biographies. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns, 1998. (This book acccompanied the first Australian retrospective exhibition on Torres Strait art. This book provides, for the first time a Torres Strait Islander perspective on the history, customs, legends and artistic expressions of a people who existed as a minority within the minority of indigenous Australians) (Keywords: Cultural history, Pacific, Australia, Melanesia, artefacts, contemporary art, language, religion).
Book Code: L100 SOLD - now out of stock AU$44
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Detail of wrap - GELAM NGUZU KAZI - Dugong My Son. (newstead01p 165/163 NEWS01)
Newstead, Adrian (curator). Cecilia Alfonso & Michael Kershaw (editors). GELAM NGUZU KAZI - DUGONG MY SON. The first exhibition of limited edition linocuts by the artists of Mualgau Minaral Artist Collective from Mua Island in the Torres Strait. BNo.0-9579686-0-4. First Edition, 2001 (pb). Pp: 64; 200mm x 200mm; 0.22kg. 15 col, 33 col (linocuts), 1 map. Index, acknowledgments, essays, biographies, photographs. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. (minor wear on wrp). The Australian Art Print Network, Sydney, 2001. (This catalogue was produced to accompany the Gelam Nguzu Kazi exhibition which toured Australia and internationally from 2000 to 2004. Artists include: David Bosun, Billy Missi, Victor Motlop and Dennis Nona) (Keywords: Art development, print making, linocuts, Australia, Western Torres Strait islands, Mua, Badu, Mabuiag, Thursday Island).
Book Code: U258 AU$20
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Philp, Jude. PAST TIME: Torres Strait Islander Material from the Haddon Collection, 1888-1905. A National Museum of Australia Exhibition from the University of Cambridge. BNo. 1-876944-03-X. First Edition, 2001 (pb). Pp: x, 53; 200mm x 270mm; 0.33kg. 28 col, 22 b/w, 6 maps. Foreword, introduction, selected reading and bibliography. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. National Museum of Australia, Canberra, 2001. (This book was produced to accompany the exhibition of part of the Torres Strait Islander material from the Haddon Collection. This catalogue is divided into the five broad regions of the Torres Strait and illustrates forty-five of the objects along with archival photographs from the original University of Cambridge expedition to the Torres Strait in 1888) (Keywords: Ethnology, Australia, Torres Strait Islanders, masks, clubs, ceremony, ritual).
Book Code: P241 AU$18
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Detail of wrap - FOOTPRINTS ALONG THE CAPE YORK SANDBEACHES. (sharp2p 150/215 SHAR2)
Sharp, Nonie. FOOTPRINTS ALONG THE CAPE YORK SANDBEACHES. Seafaring Aboriginal peoples of the Peninsula and the Kaurareg. BNo.0-85575-230-0. First Edition, 1992 (pb). Pp: xiv, 237, 240mm x 170mm; 0.62kg. 13 b/w, 4 maps. Preface, acknowledgments, abbreviations, bibliography, index. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Aboriginal Studies Press, Canberra, 1992. (This book is about the seafaring people of Northern Cape York Peninsula and the Kaurareg, who inhabited the Prince of Wales group of islands) (Keywords: Ethnohistory, Australia, Cape York, Torres Strait, Kaurareg).
Book Code: R241 AU$25
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Detail of wrap - STARS OF TAGAI - The Torres Strait Islanders. (sharp3p 150/211 SHAR3)
Sharp, Nonie. STARS OF TAGAI. The Torres Strait Islanders. BNo.0-85575-238-6. First Edition, 1993 (pb). Pp: xxii, 321; 240mm x 170mm; 0.86kg. 24 b/w, 7 fig, 2 maps. Preface, acknowledgments, abbreviations, notes, bibliography, glossary, index. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Aboriginal Studies Press, Canberra, 1993. (This book creates a picture of a unique sea culture rich in meaning and custom. The author's observations of islander life over the past fourteen years join with the life stories of islanders) (Keywords: mythology, indigenous peoples, Australia, Torres Strait, Magani, Malu, Meriam).
Book Code: H060 AU$24
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