Title The native tribes of Western Australia / Daisy Bates ; edited by Isobel White

Published Canberra : National Library of Australia, 1985

Copies

Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
W'PONDS	306.0899915 Bat		AVAILABLE
MELB	306.0899915 Bat/Nto		AVAILABLE

Description xii, 387 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), facsim., map ; 25 cm Contents Includes index Summary An arrangement of Bates ethnographic manuscripts originally prepared during work for the Western Australian Government (1904-1912) for a proposed book of the same title; includes detailed editorial commentary concerning arrangement, deletion and sources and an introductory biography and background to the work; covers mainly material from the southwest, Murchison and northwest (Kimberley) regions; includes detailed information on tribal organisation and geographic location; social organisation, including moieties, semi-moieties, sections, relationship terms, marriage arrangements, bestowal, elopements, illicit marriages, sexual relations, conception, childbirth, child-rearing and avoidance rules; male initiation in the Bunbury, Vasse and Broome districts; totemism; religion, including moral code, mythic origins and beliefs about death; magic and sorcery, including bone pointing, healing and rainmaking; food procurement and preparation, including techniques, seasonality and division of labor; art and craft, including cave painting, rock engraving, manufacture of weapons and implements, bartering and trade; diseases and remedies; death and burial practices; dances, songs and ceremonies, including body adornment, songs texts and musical accompaniment Analysis Australian Aborigines - Western Australia - Social life and customs Bates, Daisy, 1859-1951 Aboriginal Australians Australia Western Australia Aboriginal Australians Australia Western Australia Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: p. 373-378 Notes Copy 2 - donation from Tom Austen Brown collection Subject Bates, Daisy, 1859-1951 Bates, Daisy, 1861-1951. Bates, Daisy, 1859-1951 Aborigines, Australian -- Western Australia Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Social life and customs Aborigines, Australian -- Western Australia -- Social life and customs Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Western Australia. Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Social life and customs -- 1901-1914 Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Social life and customs Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs. Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia Aboriginal Australians. Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Mortuary customs Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Legends Health - Treatments - Traditional - Clever People Health - Treatments - Traditional - Clever people Art - Rock art - Engraving Art - Rock art - Painting Body - Decoration - Body modification Art - Rock painting Religion - Rites - Increase Food - Sociocultural aspects - Avoidance Ceremonies - Rain making Magic and sorcery - Clever people Environment - Climate and weather - Seasons Food - Preparation - Cooking Dance - Ownership Gender relations - Division of labour Music - Vocal - Origins Language - Vocabulary - Word lists Ceremonies - Initiation Health - Physiology and diseases Religion - Totemism Reproduction - Childbirth Indigenous knowledge - Health and medicine Social organisation - Avoidance rules - Avoidance relationships Social organisation - Kinship - Systems - Moieties Reproduction - Conception Social organisation - Kinship - Marriage - Wrong marriage Death - Mortuary - funeral ceremonies Religion - After death beliefs Gender relations - Elopement Art - Rock engraving Technology - Utensils Technology - Tools Social behaviour - Socialisation - Child rearing Language - Vocabulary - Human classification Body - Decoration Aboriginal Australians. Health - Treatments - Traditional - Clever People Art - Rock art - Engraving Art - Rock art - Painting Death - Mortuary / funeral ceremonies Art - Rock engraving Art - Rock painting Language - Vocabulary - Word lists Social organisation - Kinship - Marriage - Wrong marriage Social behaviour - Socialisation - Child rearing Ceremonies - Initiation Body - Decoration Body - Decoration - Body modification Religion - Rites - Increase Food - Sociocultural aspects - Avoidance Ceremonies - Rain making Magic and sorcery - Clever people Environment - Climate and weather - Seasons Food - Preparation - Cooking Dance - Ownership Gender relations - Division of labour Music - Vocal - Origins Health - Physiology and diseases Religion - Totemism Reproduction - Childbirth Indigenous knowledge - Health and medicine Social organisation - Avoidance rules - Avoidance relationships Social organisation - Kinship - Systems - Moieties Reproduction - Conception Religion - After death beliefs Gender relations - Elopement Technology - Utensils Technology - Tools Language - Vocabulary - Human classification Weapons Wardandi people (W3) (WA SI50-06) Cannibalism Fishing Hunting Gathering Stories and motifs Sex relations Trade and exchange Westaustralien. Gascoyne -- Murchison area (WA SG50) Rubibi / Broome (WA West Kimberley SE51-06) -- Broome (WA West Kimberley SE51-06) Gascoyne / Murchison area (WA SG50) Wupipi / Broome (WA West Kimberley SE51-06) Rubibi / Broome (WA West Kimberley SE51-06) Western Australia. Murchison River (WA South Pilbara SG50) Bunbury (SW WA SI50-06) Vasse River (SW WA SI50-05) Western Australia. Aborigines. Author White, Isobel. National Library of Australia LC no. 85225536 ISBN 0642993335

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