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Koorie Heritage TrustBook, Basedow, Herbert, The Australian Aboriginal, 1925
Contents: Introduction to an Australian Tribe; Racial characteristics; The breast and abdomen; The face and its skeleton; The mouth; The skull and brain; Colour of Aboriginal's skin; The hair; Likely origin of the Australian Aboriginal; An Aboriginal's Birth; Childhood; The Day's March; Camp life; Hunting; Vegetable Diet; Beverages; Pitjuri; Navigation; Duels; Warfare; Spears; Spear-Throwers; Burial and mourning customs; Tribal organizations; Tribal administration; Initiation; Religious ideas; Aboriginal art; Stone implements; Music and dance; Language.xx, 422 p., 55 leaves of plates : ill., map, ports. ; 22 cm.Contents: Introduction to an Australian Tribe; Racial characteristics; The breast and abdomen; The face and its skeleton; The mouth; The skull and brain; Colour of Aboriginal's skin; The hair; Likely origin of the Australian Aboriginal; An Aboriginal's Birth; Childhood; The Day's March; Camp life; Hunting; Vegetable Diet; Beverages; Pitjuri; Navigation; Duels; Warfare; Spears; Spear-Throwers; Burial and mourning customs; Tribal organizations; Tribal administration; Initiation; Religious ideas; Aboriginal art; Stone implements; Music and dance; Language.human biology -- physiology -- reproduction -- social organisation -- life cycle -- birth -- childhood -- religion and magic -- ritual -- initiation -- mortuary -- politics, tribal law and social control -- arts -- performing arts -- music -- dance -- language and communication -- economics and material culture -- economic life -- division of labour -- subsistence -- hunting -- gathering-- weapons -- spears -- spearthrowers -- tools -- stone -- -
RMIT GSBL Justice Smith Collection
Reports, Australian Law Reform Commission, The recognition of Aboriginal customary laws, 1986
... aboriginal australians -- social life and customs... aboriginal australians -- social life and customs aboriginal ...No. of volumes: 3 Volume range: Summary report & Vols. 1-3 Missing volumes: 3 Report no. 31ISBN: 0644013486customary law -- australia, aboriginal australians -- social life and customs, aboriginal australians -- legal status: laws: etc -
RMIT GSBL Justice Smith Collection
Report, Aboriginal customary law - recognition? : discussion paper no. 17, 1980
... aboriginal australians -- social life and customs... aboriginal australians -- social life and customs ISBN: 0642894795 ...Discussion paper no. 17 November 1980 ISBN: 0642894795customary law -- australia, aboriginal australians -- social life and customs -
Surrey Hills Historical Society CollectionBook, There goes the neighbourhood!; Australia's migrant experience, 1984
This book presents a rich picture of a nation in the making. The negative aspects of Australian immigration are not glossed over and it looks at the terrible consequences for the Aboriginal people, the nineteenth century Chinese experience and the migrant hostel riots of 1952, among its many other topics. Michael Dugan lived locally in Surrey Hills. This book was commissioned by/for: Australian Institute of Multicultural Affairs.The book has a place in this collection by virtue of Michael Dugan having been a local resident.This book presents a rich picture of a nation in the making. The negative aspects of Austaralian immigration are not glossed over and it looks at the terrible consequences for the Aboriginal people, the nineteenth century Chinese experience and the migrant hostel riots of 1952, among its many other topics.Surrey Hills History(mr) michael dugan, (mr) josef szwarc, immigration, social interaction, social life and customs, ethnic communties, multiculturalism, history - australia -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and ArchivesBook, Macmillan Publishers Group Australia Pty Ltd, Triumph of the nomads : a History of Ancient Australia, 1982
... aboriginal australians -- social life and customs.... aboriginal australians -- social life and customs -- northern ...Argues that Australia's Indigenous people discovered the land, adapted it and mastered its climates, seasons & reserves.23.0 x 14.0cms, 938 pp. b/w illust dust jacketnon-fictionArgues that Australia's Indigenous people discovered the land, adapted it and mastered its climates, seasons & reserves.habitation - nomadism., demography - palaeodemography - aboriginal settlement of australia., reproduction - infanticide., feuds and warfare., hunting, gathering and fishing., food - plants., trade and exchange - trade routes., australiens (aborign̈es), aborigines, australian -- social life and customs., aboriginal australians -- social life and customs -- northern territory., aboriginal australians -- history., aboriginal australians -- culture -- history., aboriginal australians -- civilization -- history., aboriginal australians -- economic conditions -- history., aboriginal australians -- social life and customs., human ecology -- australia., aboriginal australians., aborigines., australiens (aborigènes), australien., australia -- history., lake mungo / walls of china (willandra sw nsw si54-08), tasmania (tas), australia - aborigines, book -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, K. Langloh Parker, The Euahlayi tribe : a study of Aboriginal life in Australia, 1905
... Aboriginal Australians - Social life and customs... Aboriginal Australians - Social life and customs Aboriginal ...Belief in Supreme Being; male and female descent; relationship terms (with mention of Vic., N.T. tribes); list of totems; totemic food taboos; medicine men; witch woman and native remedies; bonepointing; belief in spirits; conception beliefs; childhood customs; betrothal; firemaking; bullroarers; message sticks; initiation ceremonies & corroborees; mourning & funeral; legends & cosmology; hunting finding food & cooking; clothing & body painting; weapons; recreations; childhood songs & song about Byamee (texts with translations)Glossary, index, p.156.Belief in Supreme Being; male and female descent; relationship terms (with mention of Vic., N.T. tribes); list of totems; totemic food taboos; medicine men; witch woman and native remedies; bonepointing; belief in spirits; conception beliefs; childhood customs; betrothal; firemaking; bullroarers; message sticks; initiation ceremonies & corroborees; mourning & funeral; legends & cosmology; hunting finding food & cooking; clothing & body painting; weapons; recreations; childhood songs & song about Byamee (texts with translations)aboriginal australians - social life and customs, aboriginal australians - religion -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, K Langloh Parker, Australian legendary tales, 1953
... Aboriginal Australians - Social life and customs... Aboriginal Australians - Social life and customs Australia - Folklore ...Legends of the Narran tribe, told to author by natives; specimen of legend given in native languageBibliography, ill, p.237.non-fictionLegends of the Narran tribe, told to author by natives; specimen of legend given in native languageaboriginal australians - social life and customs, australia - folklore -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Oxford University Press, A short history of Australia, 1937
Outline of Australian history to the outbreak of the First World War ; includes refererences to Governor George Arthur's "Black line" and George Robinson's work among Aboriginal Tasmanians.Index, bib, ill, maps, p.374.non-fictionOutline of Australian history to the outbreak of the First World War ; includes refererences to Governor George Arthur's "Black line" and George Robinson's work among Aboriginal Tasmanians. australia - history, australia - social life and customs -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, T. Nelson and sons, Australia : a general account - history, resources, production, social conditions, 1929
Outline of geography, European exploration and settlement, economic development, social condition, flora and fauna; includes a brief general account of Aboriginal culture.Index, Ill, maps, p.272.non-fictionOutline of geography, European exploration and settlement, economic development, social condition, flora and fauna; includes a brief general account of Aboriginal culture.australia - social life and customs, australia - history
