The Australian Aborigines: How to Understand Them

A. P. Elkin Aborigines amongst Aranda Arnhem Land associated behaviour belief belong blood body bones bull-roarer burial Burong camp Central Australia ceremonial chanting Chapter churinga circumcision corroboree cross-cousin cult totem culture customs dance daughter death descent didjeridu DJAM Djanggawul dream-time dreaming eastern EGO's express father father's sister heroes initiation inquest KALOD kangaroo Karadjeri kinship system Kunapipi Lake Eyre latter magical MALP marriage marry means medicine-man moiety Moreover mother's mother's brother mythology myths namely native natural species north-eastern Arnhem Land north-western Australia Northern Kimberley Northern Territory Nyul-Nyul painted Panaka patrilineal performed person Queensland regard region relations relationship rites ritual River sacred second cousin secret section system singing social totem son's song Songman South Australia South Wales spirit spirit-home Sr's stone subsection symbols taboo territorial clan tion tribal tribes Ungarinyin usually Victoria Western Australia wife wife's woman women Wondjina words