| Description |
vi., 136 p. : ill., ports, maps ; 30 cm |
| Series |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit research report series, 1322-7157 ; no. 8 |
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Research report series (University of Queensland. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit) ; no. 8
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| 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) |
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Australian Aboriginal studies (Australia) |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes index and bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Material culture.
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Lardil (Australian people) -- Material culture
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Lardil (Australian perople) -- Marterial culture
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Lardil (Australian people -- Material culture
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Lardil (Australian people) -- Social life and customs
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Technology -- Wood.
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Hunting -- Dugong.
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Habitation -- Camps.
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Housing -- Shelters -- Bark.
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Language -- Vocabulary -- Animal names.
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Food -- Preparation -- Cooking.
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Environment -- Land management -- Fire.
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Ceremonies -- Initiation.
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Body -- Decoration.
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Death -- Mortuary customs.
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Environment - Land management - Fire.
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Housing - Shelters - Bark.
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Language - Vocabulary - Animal names.
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Ceremonies - Initiation.
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Body - Decoration.
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Death - Mortuary customs.
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Material culture - String and rope making.
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Technology - Wood.
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Hunting - Dugong.
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Food - Preparation - Cooking.
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Habitation - Camps.
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Lardil people (G38) (Qld SE54-01)
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Material culture.
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Weapons.
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Fishing.
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Costume and clothing.
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Dance.
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Lardil language (G38) (Qld SE54-01)
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Material culture -- String and rope making.
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Lardil language G38.
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| SUBJECT |
Wellesley Islands (Qld.)
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| Subject |
Wellesley Islands (Qld Gulf Islands SE54-01)
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| Author |
University of Queensland. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Studies Unit
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| ISBN |
9781864999624 (pbk.) |
| ISSN |
1322-7157 |
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