xvi, 688 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
Contents
Part I. Ngarrindjeri: a distinctive weave -- 1. Weaving the world of Ngarrindjeri -- 2. Shared designs: different strands -- 3. Singing: 'Pakari Nganawi Ruwi' -- 4. Family, friends and other relations -- 5. A land alive: embodying and knowing the country -- 6. Signs and sorcery: finding meaning in a changing world -- Part II. The politics of knowledge -- 7. Respecting the rules: oral and written cultures -- 8. Sorting the sources: writing about the lower Murray -- 9. Women's beliefs, bodies and practices -- 10. Sacred orders: a weave of the clans, stories and sanctions -- Epilogue. Whither?
Summary
"In 'Ngarrindjeri Wurruwarrin', Diane Bell presents a finely textured ethnographic portrait of Aboriginal culture. Here are the voices of women and men who struggled to protect their sacred sites in the Hindmarsh Island, Murray Mouth and Goolwa area. When they did, it became the subject of a series of court cases, legal decisions, media speculation, anthropological disputation and parliamentary conflict, ending in 2001 with a vindication of their words." -- Publisher's website
Analysis
Aboriginal culture
Aboriginal sacred sites
Aboriginal women
Bridges
Federal issue
Hindmarsh Island
Ngarrindjeri People
Royal Commissions
Royal commissions
South Australia
State issue
Notes
Includes index
Bibliography
Bibliography
Notes
Donation. ANU COOP 20120212 Brissenden collection, ANU Library