Description |
2 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm |
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regular print |
Contents |
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 |
Analysis |
Aboriginal Australians - Victoria |
Notes |
Library's N2 copy stamped Commonwealth of Australia Library of the Parliament, 15 Jul 1903, and Town of Emerald Hill. ANL |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
Notes |
Ex Libris: James Alipius Goold VCCC |
Restricted |
Mediated access: access to First Nations materials may be restricted while an audit, reparative description and reclassification of these materials is in progress |
Subject |
Gamilaraay / Gamilaroi / Kamilaroi people D23
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Dieri people L17
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Ngarrindjeri people S69
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Wurundjeri people S36
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Brabralung people S45
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Dja Dja Wurrung language S31.1
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Social organisation - Kinship
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Aboriginal Australians -- Languages.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Victoria.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Tasmania.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Victoria.
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Aboriginal Australians.
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Aboriginal Tasmanians.
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Ethnology -- Australia.
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Author |
Smyth, R. Brough (Robert Brough), 1830-1889.
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