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Author Bell, Diane, 1943-

Title Ngarrindjeri Wurruwarrin : a world that is, was and will be / Diane Bell
Published North Melbourne : Spinifex Press, 1998
North Melbourne, Vic. : Spinifex, 1998

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 W'PONDS  306.0899915 Bel/Nwa  AVAILABLE
 MELB  306.0899915 Bel/Nwa  AVAILABLE
Description 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
Signed by author 1 copy. ANU
Subject South Australia. Hindmarsh Island Bridge Royal Commission.
Aboriginal Australians -- Land tenure -- Australia -- South Australia -- Hindmarsh Island
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Hindmarsh Island (S.A. : Island)
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- South Australia -- Coorong, The
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- South Australia -- Hindmarsh Island
Narrinyeri (Australian people) -- Folklore.
Narrinyeri (Australian people) -- Religion.
Narrinyeri (Australian people) -- Social life and customs.
Narrinyeri (Australian people)
Narrinyeri (Australian people) -- Folklore.
Oral tradition -- Australia -- Goolwa (S.A.)
Oral tradition -- Australia -- South Australia -- Goolwa (S.A.)
Sacred sites (Aboriginal Australian) -- South Australia -- Hindmarsh Island
Sacred sites (Aboriginal Australian) -- South Australia
Sacred space -- Australia -- Goolwa (S.A.)
Sacred sites (Australian aboriginal) -- South Australia
Sacred space -- Australia -- South Australia -- Goolwa (S.A.)
Women, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- South Australia -- Hindmarsh Island
Women, Narrinyeri -- Social conditions.
Women, Ngarrindjeri -- Social conditions
SUBJECT Hindmarsh Island (S.A. : Island) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2004001285
Hindmarsh Island (S.A.)
LC no. 98213203
ISBN 187555971X