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Historical account; p.20; Aborigines in city adaptation to new life; p.52-60; Depredations, settlers fear of natives; p.66; Establishment of Protectorate Station; p.70-74, 84-95; Sheep farming at Tongala, Bangerang tribal area, natives attitude; p.194-206; Sheep stealing & methods of dealing with these offences by police; Chap.21, also p.8492, 128-149, 168- 174, 299; Detailed description of the Bangerang tribe - two sections, Wongatpan and Towroonban; List of groups speaking Bangerang dialect; Physical appearance, clothes & ornaments; nasal perforation, tooth avulsion; Causes of reduction of tribal population; Social organization; Taboos; education & initiation, marriage customs, division of labour; Canoe building, types of food, method of tracking, techniques of hunting & fishing, cooking; Cannibalism connected with war or religion, notes on infanticide, training of children; Behaviour towards aged; Burial rites; diseases; Religious beliefs, magic & sorcery; Dwellings; Types of weapons, use of messengers & message sticks; Recreations - ball games & string figures; Detailed description of corroborees, specific mention of one that took place among the Bangerang, Ngooraialum and Pimp

Author

Kimon Valaskakis ... [et al.]; with an introd. by Alexander King

Publisher

Libraries Board of South Australia

Published

1968

Language

EN

ISBN

9780060144890

Subjects

Sociology, Economics, Business