Comprehensive collection of details from James Dawson and his daughter on the people they met when they first settled in the Western District of Victoria in 1840. Detailed notes were kept on language and customs. He involved himself with the local people and respected their rights and lifestyle. He recorded incidents of their first contact with white people.b&w photographs, word lists, document reproductionswestern district, chaap wuurong, djab wurrung, peek whuurong, peek woorong, kuurn kopan noot, dhauwurd wurrung, birds, reptiles, relationship terms

Original text featuring Mathew's comprehensively detailed observations and theories on the origin of species of Aboriginal people, traditional lifestyles, art and social customs.maps, b&w illustrations, word lists, tablesjohn mathew, eaglehawk and crow, stories

Produced in two large volumes, Robert Brough Smyth has collected information on various tribes and their customs, as well as their physical and mental character; birth and education of children; marriage; death and burial of the dead; daily lives of the natives; food; diseases; dress and personal ornaments; weapons; implements and manufacturers; nets and fish hooks; methods of producing fire; canoes and myths. Smyth also devotes about two hundred pages to Aboriginal languages, as well as including details and customs of the aborigines in Tasmania. Complete with hundreds of sketches, the work is still a valuable resource not only for those with in an interest in aboriginal culture, but also those wanting to know the early history of Australia.maps, b&w illustrations, word listsrobert brough smyth, anthropology, aboriginal social life and customs, children, behaviour, death and burial customs, daily life, food, diseases, weapons, shields, boomerang, vessels, baskets, message sticks, stone tool technology, fire, canoes, myths, stories

Produced in two large volumes, Robert Brough Smyth has collected information on various tribes and their customs, as well as their physical and mental character; birth and education of children; marriage; death and burial of the dead; daily lives of the natives; food; diseases; dress and personal ornaments; weapons; implements and manufacturers; nets and fish hooks; methods of producing fire; canoes and myths. Smyth also devotes about two hundred pages to Aboriginal languages, as well as including details and customs of the aborigines in Tasmania. Complete with hundreds of sketches, the work is still a valuable resource not only for those with in an interest in aboriginal culture, but also those wanting to know the early history of Australia.b&w illustrations, word listsrobert brough smyth, philip chauncy, william ridley, albert le souef, a. w. howitt, john moore davis, william locke, a. f. a. greeves, language comparisons, phrenology, aboriginal social life and customs, death and burial customs, weapons, tasmania, lake tyers, lake wellington, gippsland, ballarat, brabrolong, lake hindmarsh, kotoopna

191p.; vocab. list; The author arrived in Victoria at the age of 10 years in 1839. His family gave their name to the Victorian town. He and his brother settled at 'Tyntynder' outside Swan Hill in 1845. His brother was killed by Aborigines. Brought into daily contact with the Aborigines of the area he gradually acquired their language and was permitted to learn much denied to other whites. By 1883 he had amassed a large amount of information which he put into the form of a Paper, read before the Royal Society of New South Wales. This paper may be regarded as the skeleton of the volume now publishjed. Victoria -- RiverinaAboriginals, Victoria -Swan Hill region. Lifestyle; customs and beliefs. Tyntynder(Vic)Aboriginals - Murray River tribes; language; magic; religion and practices.aboriginal australians -- victoria. | aboriginal australians -- murray river valley (n.s.w.-s.a.)

20 p. : ill., map ; 21 cm.Traditional Aboriginal Society was an oral culture so that the history, stories, and songs and knowledge of Spirituality, Laws, Customs and Values were communicated verbally for thousands of years.The invasion of Europeans caused destruction of tribal groups by disease and killings. It limited the use of language, exchange of stories, land use and the important performance of rituals and ceremonies. Europeans used their world view as a mirror and through their observations, documents, diaries, reports and stories were full of racist comments and ignorant opinions of a lifestyle and culture of which they had little understanding.This book was the result of many months of research by a group of Swan Hill Aboriginal Educators. It is an attempt to present limited information about the history and lifestyles of the Wemba Wemba and Wathi Wathi people, the Tribes of the Swan Hill and Lake Boga areas.1. aborigines, australian -- victoria -- swan hill -- history -- juvenile literature. 2. aborigines, australian -- victoria -- swan hill -- social life and customs -- juvenile literature. i. baxter, bruce. ii. title., other: wemba wemba tribe -- wathi wathi tribe -- aboriginal educators.

21 p.; ill,; 25 cm.A general overview of some Aboriginal life and customs.aboriginals, australia - social life and customs

210 P.; map; facsimiles; indexes ; 21 cm.murchison-history, goulburn river valley, aboriginal protectorate-goulburn 40-56, ngooraialum tribes-customs - 23-39

30 cm.1. Australian Funeral Directors Association - Information Session April 1996. 2. Burial Practices of the Native Tribes of South East Australia. 3. Aboriginal Burial Customs by A Kenyon (copy) 4. Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs This document includes descriptions of funeral rites; Koorie cemerteries; beliefs concerned with the dead along with accounts of early anthropologists on these matters.aboriginals, australia-burial practices., victorian aboriginals-death and beliefs.

43 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.Contents: The Aboriginal Environment - Birds and Reptiles; Whence came the Blackfellow. The Natural Man - Tattooing: ornamental scars. The Tribes of the South - Down the Darling. Tribes of Central and Northern Australia - The Aruntas; Wilderness vanishing; Untamed Tribes.The Tasmanian Race - Doomed people.Tribal Organisation - Public opinion; The Council of Old Men; Tribal Classification; Tribal Naming; Dual Classes; Totemism.Daily life of the Blacks - Making fire; Cooking methods - the native oven; Vegetarian diet; Miscellaneous foods. Weapons and Implements - Classes of Stone; Quarries; Weapons of wood - spears; The Boomerang; Shields; Water vessels and Carriers; Baskets and Dilly-bags.Medicine-men and medicine - Faith cures; Rain-making. Mia-Mias, Whurlies and Gunyahs - Tripod fires; Two-storey huts. The Aboriginal as an Engineer - Weirs and fish traps; Wells and Rockholes. Wild White Men; Dances and Games - Children's toys. Black Police and Tracking - Tribal Mixture; The Blacktrackers; Trained from infancy. Navigation - The Bark Canoe - Calm-weather Craft. Aboriginal Art - Animal Tracks; Old Camp-fires. Blackfellow Music and Bards; Death and Burial - Wailing Women; Relics of Lost Tribes; Decorated skulls; Creation myth pole. Language - Letter-sticks. Myths and Legends; Mission work among the Blacks - Spheres of Service; The Mission Stations.aboriginals, australian - social life and customs

48 p. : ill., port. ; 22 cm.The ceremonial grounds have been a mystery to many but from information collected by explorers and early pioneers there is little doubt of their use.... Fish traps somewhat similar to those at Brewarrina have been described by other writers... Many of the stone arrangements in New South Wales were found in the Barkingi territory ...aboriginal australians -- new south wales -- darling river region -- rites and ceremonies. | mounds -- new south wales -- darling river region.

5-38 P.; ports.; footnotes; figs.; 22 cm.Being the first of a series on the Aboriginal customs of the Darling Valley and Central New South Wales.burial trees-darling valley-central n.s.w.

90, iii pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.Contents: Life of Buckley; James Morrill; Blacks of Victoria; Early Stories of the Blacks; Physical Appearance; Intelligence; Character; Clothing & ornaments; Homes & food; Hunting; Songs & dances; Women and children; Marriages; Infanticide & Cannibalism; Weapons; Religion & Superstition; Missions; Diseases; Death & Burial; Language; Origin of our Natives; Conflicts of Whites & Blacks; Native rights & British rule; Protectors & Native Police; Government of Tribes & numbers; Civilisation; Decline; Appendix.buckley, william, 1780-1856. | aboriginal australians -- victoria -- social life and customs. | victoria -- social life and customs.

ix, 366 p. : ill., ports. ; appendices; maps; ; 26 cm.1. coburg (vic.) -- history. 2. aboriginal inhabitants-coburg., merri creek; woiworung; aborigines-social life and customs

v-xi; 146 p.; ports;maps; index; bib.; appendics; footnotes; 22 cm.Early contacts between Thomas Mitchell and Aboriginal peoples and the later violent encounters involving settlers and squatters. The work and contacts of G.A. Robinson among the various peoples of the Western District. Gatherings of many Aboriginal peoples at Lake Bolac for eeling season, during which there was also trading of sandstone, obsidian and other materials for weapons and spears. Photograph of Jenny 'Ware' "the last of the Fiery Creek tribe of the Aboriginies" facing page 20.ararat -- victoria -- history |, aborigines, ararat district-conflict-social life and customs-bunjil's cave| place names- weapons and implements-hunting

xii, 60 pages ; 18 cm.language-aboriginals, australian - victoria., aboriginals-victoria-social life and customs

xiii-xx; 271p.;illus.; footnoted, bibliography; index; maps; figs.;18 cm.In this carefully documented work he presents an overall picture of the Aborigines; their physical and mental characteristics, tribal customs, sexual behaviour and diet; and discusses the social situation of Aborigines today, and their prospects for the future.aborigines, australian-physical characteristics, aborigines, australian-social life and customs, aborigines, australian - migration, anthropology-aboriginals, australian., magic; artisic culture; ceremonies; beliefs.

xvi, 261 p., [23] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 22 cm.Stories of William Buckley (1835) - Victoria; Sammy Cox or Samuel Emanuel Jervis (1789) - Tasmania; James Murrells or Jemmy Morrill (1846) - Qld.; James Davis called Duramboi &? Wandi Bracefield or Bracefell (1826) - Wide Bay, Qld.; Mrs. Fraser (1835) - Qld. on the Stirling Castle; wreck of the Charles Eaton, survivors were John Ireland and William Doyley (1834) - Murray Is.; Thomas Pamphlet, Richard Parsons, John Finnegan (1823) Moreton Bay; William Jackman (1836) - Great Australian Bight; Barbara Thomson (1848) - Cape York; Chapter on Aborigines and bushrangers.wilderness survival -- australia. | aboriginal australians -- social life and customs. | australia -- history -- 1788-1851.

xv-xvii; 624P.; plates; appendices; bib.; indes; tables; figs.; maps; 25 cm.The book's range is encyclopedic and engrossing. It encompasses relations between and among individuals and clan groups, land tenure, kinship, the subsistence economy, trade, ceremony, councils, fighting and warfare, rites of passage from conception to death , myths, beliefs and practices concerning healing and the supernatural. Not least it is a record of the dramatic changes following European colonization.ngarrindjeri (australian people) -- social life and customs. | ngarrindjeri (australian people) -- cultural assimilation. | aboriginal australians -- murray river estuary (n.s.w.-s.a.) | aboriginal australians -- south australia.

112 p. : ill. ; 21 x 23 cm.Blurb: Before the Invasion gives a vivid overview of traditional Aboriginal life. It describes what Aborigines wore, their houses, weapons, tools, canoes, and shows their practical ingenuity and resourcefulness in making the most of what their environment offered. It also covers families, clans, roles of men and women, attitudes to children and the old; and the religious world-view which determined the rhythm of their life and underlay all their laws art and music. The authors bring out the broad patterns Australia-wide, but they are careful to note the differences between groups in different areas and to give specific documented examples...1. aborigines, australian -- social life and customs. schools - project referencers. i. johnson, colin, joint author. ii. white, isobel m., joint author. iii. title