| Description |
190 pages, 9 leaves of plates : illustrations, genealogical table, maps (on lining papers), portraits ; 22cm |
| Summary |
History of the Mungari tribe (Roper River), as related by native woman at Elsey Station; events recalled through repeated story telling as far back as 1844 (Leichhardts 2nd expedition; initiation ceremonies (male and female)), marriage customs, reasons for infanticide, tribal warfare, burial rites, everyday life; relations with early settlers; glossary of Mungari, Yungman and Alawa words |
| Notes |
Maps on lining paper |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-190) |
| Notes |
RB copy - donation from Tom Austen Brown collection |
| 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 |
Buludja, aboriginal woman of the Mungarai tribe, 1899-
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Buludja, 1899-
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Buludja, Aboriginal woman of the Mungarai tribe, 1899-
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Buludja, 1899-
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Aboriginal Australians -- Biography.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Women.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Northern Territory.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Women -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Biography.
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Mangarayi (Australian people)
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Women, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Biography.
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Women, Aboriginal Australian.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Author |
Buludja, 1899-
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| LC no. |
49049178 |
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