Drought Or Deluge: Man in the Cooper's Creek RegionRegional history including Aboriginal traditional culture, trade and social organisation (Yantruwanta, Yauraworka, Ngurawola and Wongkumara) exploration (Sturt, Gregory, Burke and Wills, Howitt, McKinlay); settlement history; Aboriginal resistance and violent conflict; depopulation. |
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Material Culture | 3 |
Social Organization and Religion | 12 |
Sturt and Gregory | 19 |
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