Title Material culture of the North Wellesley Islands / Paul Memmott

Published Brisbane, Qld. : Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit, University of Queensland, 2010

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Description vi., 136 p. : ill., ports, maps ; 30 cm Series Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit research report series, 1322-7157 ; no. 8 Research report series (University of Queensland. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit) ; no. 8 Contents Introduction -- The climate and land systems of the North Wellesley Islands -- Social and territorial organisation -- Ethnographic data sources -- Subsistence activities: marine habitats, tidal flats and mudflats, sand-based land systems, interior land systems, freshwater sources -- Settlement and shelter: cold weather camps, wet weather camps, mosquito camps, shade structures, shelter forms used during transitional seasonal conditions, the role of shelters as artefacts -- Manufacture and use of fire -- Food preparation: cooking methods, type of cooking methods, types of cooking ovens -- Travel, transport and communication: carrying vessels, watercraft, message sticks and emblems -- Fighting and duelling: fighting weapons -- Public dancing: dance apparel, the public dance event, special dance props and installations -- Square-up rituals: gift square-up, mortuary square-up, initiation square-up -- Initiation ceremonies -- Increase rituals and story places -- Love magic -- Sorcery and power objects -- Curing sickness -- Death and mortuary practices -- Clothing, ornamentation and body decoration -- Toys, games and training -- Curation of artefacts and resources -- Attitude to personal possession of artefacts -- Manufacturing technologies: strings and net technology; bark technology; stone technology; timber technology -- Trade with mainland groups -- Cultural change during mission times (1914-1978), change in the technology of dugong hunting -- Conclusion -- Appendices: 1. Aboriginal artefacts commonly used by Lardil people, 1900; 2. Plant species collected on Mornington and Sydney Islands, 1976; 3. Some Mornington Island reptiles; 4. Local names of some fish and birds at Mornington Island (in Aboriginal English and Lardil); 5. Local names of some birds at Mornington Island; 6. Some land fauna of Mornington Island; 7. Some Mornington Island fauna from freshwater and marine habitats; 8. Some shell species from Mornington Island Summary Provides an ethnographic description of the material culture traditionally employed by the Aboriginal people of the North Wellesley Islands in the southern Gulf of Carpentaria Analysis Anthropology (Australia) Australian Aboriginal studies (Australia) Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes index and bibliographical references Subject Material culture. Lardil (Australian people) -- Material culture Lardil (Australian perople) -- Marterial culture Lardil (Australian people -- Material culture Lardil (Australian people) -- Social life and customs Technology -- Wood Hunting -- Dugong Habitation -- Camps Housing -- Shelters -- Bark Language -- Vocabulary -- Animal names Food -- Preparation -- Cooking Environment -- Land management -- Fire Ceremonies -- Initiation Body -- Decoration Death -- Mortuary customs Environment - Land management - Fire Housing - Shelters - Bark Language - Vocabulary - Animal names Ceremonies - Initiation Body - Decoration Death - Mortuary customs Material culture - String and rope making Technology - Wood Hunting - Dugong Food - Preparation - Cooking Habitation - Camps Lardil people (G38) (Qld SE54-01) Material culture Weapons Fishing Costume and clothing Dance Lardil language (G38) (Qld SE54-01) Material culture -- String and rope making Lardil language G38 SUBJECT Wellesley Islands (Qld.) Subject Wellesley Islands (Qld Gulf Islands SE54-01) Author University of Queensland. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Studies Unit ISBN 9781864999624 (pbk.) ISSN 1322-7157

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