Description |
xii, 387 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), facsim., map ; 25 cm |
Contents |
Includes index |
Summary |
An arrangement of Bates ethnographic manuscripts originally prepared during work for the Western Australian Government (1904-1912) for a proposed book of the same title; includes detailed editorial commentary concerning arrangement, deletion and sources and an introductory biography and background to the work; covers mainly material from the southwest, Murchison and northwest (Kimberley) regions; includes detailed information on tribal organisation and geographic location; social organisation, including moieties, semi-moieties, sections, relationship terms, marriage arrangements, bestowal, elopements, illicit marriages, sexual relations, conception, childbirth, child-rearing and avoidance rules; male initiation in the Bunbury, Vasse and Broome districts; totemism; religion, including moral code, mythic origins and beliefs about death; magic and sorcery, including bone pointing, healing and rainmaking; food procurement and preparation, including techniques, seasonality and division of labor; art and craft, including cave painting, rock engraving, manufacture of weapons and implements, bartering and trade; diseases and remedies; death and burial practices; dances, songs and ceremonies, including body adornment, songs texts and musical accompaniment |
Analysis |
Australian Aborigines - Western Australia - Social life and customs |
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Bates, Daisy, 1859-1951 |
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Aboriginal Australians Australia Western Australia |
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Aboriginal Australians Australia Western Australia |
Notes |
Includes index |
Bibliography |
Bibliography: p. 373-378 |
Notes |
Copy 2 - donation from Tom Austen Brown collection |
Subject |
Bates, Daisy, 1859-1951
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Bates, Daisy, 1861-1951.
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Bates, Daisy, 1859-1951
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Aborigines, Australian -- Western Australia
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Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Social life and customs
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Aborigines, Australian -- Western Australia -- Social life and customs
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Western Australia.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Social life and customs -- 1901-1914
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Social life and customs
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Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia
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Aboriginal Australians.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Mortuary customs
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Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Legends
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Health - Treatments - Traditional - Clever People.
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Health - Treatments - Traditional - Clever people.
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Art - Rock art - Engraving.
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Art - Rock art - Painting.
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Body -- Decoration -- Body modification.
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Art -- Rock painting.
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Religion -- Rites -- Increase.
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Food -- Sociocultural aspects -- Avoidance.
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Ceremonies -- Rain making.
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Magic and sorcery -- Clever people.
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Environment -- Climate and weather -- Seasons.
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Food -- Preparation -- Cooking.
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Dance -- Ownership.
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Gender relations -- Division of labour.
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Music -- Vocal -- Origins.
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Language -- Vocabulary -- Word lists.
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Ceremonies -- Initiation.
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Health -- Physiology and diseases.
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Religion -- Totemism.
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Reproduction -- Childbirth.
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Indigenous knowledge -- Health and medicine.
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Social organisation -- Avoidance rules -- Avoidance relationships.
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Social organisation -- Kinship -- Systems -- Moieties.
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Reproduction -- Conception.
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Social organisation -- Kinship -- Marriage -- Wrong marriage.
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Death -- Mortuary -- funeral ceremonies.
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Religion -- After death beliefs.
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Gender relations -- Elopement.
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Art -- Rock engraving.
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Technology -- Utensils.
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Technology -- Tools.
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Social behaviour -- Socialisation -- Child rearing.
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Language -- Vocabulary -- Human classification.
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Body -- Decoration.
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Aboriginal Australians.
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Health -- Treatments -- Traditional -- Clever People.
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Art -- Rock art -- Engraving.
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Art -- Rock art -- Painting.
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Art - Rock engraving.
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Art - Rock painting.
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Language - Vocabulary - Word lists.
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Social organisation - Kinship - Marriage - Wrong marriage.
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Social behaviour - Socialisation - Child rearing.
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Ceremonies - Initiation.
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Body - Decoration.
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Body - Decoration - Body modification.
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Religion - Rites - Increase.
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Food - Sociocultural aspects - Avoidance.
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Ceremonies - Rain making.
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Magic and sorcery - Clever people.
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Environment - Climate and weather - Seasons.
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Food - Preparation - Cooking.
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Dance - Ownership.
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Gender relations - Division of labour.
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Music - Vocal - Origins.
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Health - Physiology and diseases.
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Religion - Totemism.
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Reproduction - Childbirth.
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Indigenous knowledge - Health and medicine.
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Social organisation - Avoidance rules - Avoidance relationships.
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Social organisation - Kinship - Systems - Moieties.
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Reproduction - Conception.
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Death - Mortuary / funeral ceremonies.
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Religion - After death beliefs.
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Gender relations - Elopement.
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Technology - Utensils.
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Technology - Tools.
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Language - Vocabulary - Human classification.
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Weapons.
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Wardandi people (W3) (WA SI50-06)
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Cannibalism.
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Fishing.
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Hunting.
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Gathering.
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Stories and motifs.
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Sex relations.
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Trade and exchange.
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Westaustralien.
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Gascoyne -- Murchison area (WA SG50)
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Wupipi -- Broome (WA West Kimberley SE51-06)
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Gascoyne / Murchison area (WA SG50)
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Wupipi / Broome (WA West Kimberley SE51-06)
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Broome (WA West Kimberley SE51-06)
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Western Australia.
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Murchison River (WA South Pilbara SG50)
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Bunbury (SW WA SI50-06)
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Vasse River (SW WA SI50-05)
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Western Australia.
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Aborigines.
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Author |
White, Isobel.
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National Library of Australia
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LC no. |
85225536 |
ISBN |
0642993335 |