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Author Dawson, James, 1806-1900.

Title Australian Aborigines : the languages and customs of several tribes of Aborigines in the western district of Victoria, Australia / by James Dawson
Edition Facsim. ed
Published Canberra City : Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies ; Atlantic Highlands, NJ : Humanities Press [distributor], 1981

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Description viii, 111, ciii pages, 2 folded pages of plates : portraits ; 28 cm
Series AIAS new series ; no. 26
AIAS new series ; no. 26
Summary Tribes (Kolor, Kuurn kopan noot, Pirt kopan noot, Mopar, Peek whuurung, Kirrie, Kolakgnat, Katubanuut), boundaries , language, population, laws of property, inheritance, camping units, tools, utensils, weapons, laws of marriage , treatment of wives, exchange of wives, initiation (tooth avulsion), birth, children, naming of children, changing names, superstitions, healing, death and burial, cannibalism, recreations, music and dancing, astronomy and myths, vocabularies; photographs of natives from different tribes
Analysis Aboriginal Australians Australia Victoria
Australian languages
Ethnology Australia Victoria
Australian Aboriginal languages: Chaap wuurong language, Kuurn kopan noot language & Peek whuurong language. Vocabulary. Facsimiles
Australian Aborigines. Social customs. Western Victoria, ca 1881. Facsimiles
Notes Australian Aborigines. Social customs. Western Victoria, ca 1881. Facsimiles (ANB/PRECIS SIN 049366x)
Australian Aboriginal languages: Chaap wuurong language, Kuurn kopan noot language & Peek whuurong language. Vocabulary. Facsimiles (ANB/PRECIS SIN 0493678)
Facsim. reprint. originally published: Melbourne: George Robertson, 1881. Ferguson no. 9020
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes In English ; includes extensive vocabularies in Djab Wurrung, Koornkopanoot and Bi:gwurrung
AIAS new series no:26
Restricted Mediated access: access to First Nations materials may be restricted while an audit, reparative description and reclassification of these materials is in progress
Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Rites and ceremonies.
Aboriginal Australians -- Languages.
Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs.
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Victoria -- Social life and customs
Australian languages.
Aboriginal Australians -- Victoria -- Western District -- Social life and customs
Aboriginal Australians -- Victoria -- Western District -- Languages
Peek whuurung language.
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Victoria
Aborigines, Australian -- Victoria -- Social life and customs
Aborigines, Australian -- Victoria -- Languages
Aboriginal Australians -- Victoria
Aboriginal Australians -- Victoria -- Languages
Aboriginal Australians -- Victoria -- Social life and customs
Djabwurrung language.
Kuurn Kopan noot language
Peek Whuurong language
Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs.
Language - Personal names
Reproduction - Childbirth
Australian Aborigines. Social customs. Western Victoria, ca 1881. Facsimiles.
Cannibalism
Geography - Territories and boundaries
Language - Vocabulary
Ceremonies - Initiation
Children
Weapons
Stories and motifs
Technology - Tools
Technology - Utensils
Indigenous knowledge - Health and medicine
Initiation - Tooth avulsion
Indigenous knowledge - Astronomy
Death - Mortuary / funeral ceremonies
Music
Djabwurrung language.
Giraiwurung / Girrea / Kirrae Whurrong language (S25) (Vic SJ54-12)
Giraiwurung / Girrea / Kirrae Whurrong people (S25) (Vic SJ54-12)
Djabwurrung / Dyabwurung people (S26) (Vic SJ54-08)
Gunditjmara / Gurndidy / Dhaurwurd-Wurrung language (S20) (Vic SJ54-11)
Gunditjmara / Gurndidy / Dhaurwurd-Wurrung people (S20) (Vic SJ54-11)
Djabwurrung / Dyabwurung language (S26) (Vic SJ54-08)
Kolakngat language (S30) (Vic SJ54-12)
Woiwurrung / Wurundjeri / Woiwurung people (S36) (Vic SJ55-05)
Woiwurrung / Wurundjeri / Woiwurung language (S36) (Vic SJ55-05)
Kolakngat people (S30) (Vic SJ54-12)
Kuurn kopan noot language.
Australian Aboriginal languages: Chaap wuurong language, Kuurn kopan noot language & Peek whuurong language. Vocabulary. Facsimiles.
Djab Wurrung language S26
Koornkopanoot language S75
Bi:gwurrung language S77
SUBJECT Victoria -- Social life and customs -- 1851-1891
Subject Victoria.
Western District (W Vic SJ54-07)
Melbourne (Vic SJ55-05)
Author Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies
LC no. 81196890
ISBN 9780855751180
9780391022201
0855751185
0391022202