| Description |
xv, 302 pages, 59 unnumbered leaves of plates (some color) : illustrations, portrait ; 31 cm |
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regular print |
| Summary |
p.7-15; Bark canoes (Palm Island), dugouts with outrigger (N. Qld coast), triangular rafts & logs (Kings Sound); physical appearance, pierced noses, hair belts (Kimberley); carved shell pubic coverings, one with arrow designs (possibly white influence), patterns reproduced on baobab nuts & weapons (Roebuck Bay); weapons (Aust.,, Qld); use & method of boomerang throwing (see also Appendix A for comparison with other races), spear-heads (Kimberleys); woomera (N. Qld, N.W. Aust.); fire-making (Qld, Kimberleys); treatment of women (Aust.); wooden baby cradle, lumps of clay attached to hair of widow (Roebuck Bay) |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Event |
1897 |
| Subject |
Natural history -- Australia.
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| LC no. |
02027955 |
| ISBN |
9781108062381 (paperback) |
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