The World of the First Australians: Aboriginal Traditional Life : Past and PresentThis is the ninth printing of this classic book by Ronald and Catherine Berndt. Topics covered include social organisation, economic life, relationship with land, life cycle, religious beliefs, law and order, art, death, politics and an analysis of current developments in both Aboriginal studies and Aboriginal affairs. The comprehensive bibliography lists over 800 references which provide a detailed and authoritative introduction to Aboriginal traditional life, past and present. |
Contents
THE ABORIGINES IN TIME AND SPACE | 1 |
SOCIAL ORGANIZATION AND STRUCTURE | 25 |
SOCIAL ORGANIZATION AND STRUCTURE | 46 |
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Aboriginal Australia Aboriginal doctor Aranda areas associated Australian Aborigines bark Basedow Berndt blood brother called ceremonies Chapter child circumcision clan concerned culture Daly River dancing dead death descent group Djanggawul Dreaming eastern Elcho Island Elkin European example father girl goanna ground Gunwinggu Howitt human husband ibid initiation instance Island Julunggul kangaroo Kimberleys kind kinship Kunapipi living magic main camp marriage marry McCarthy Melville Islands moiety mortuary mother Mountford myth mythical Ngurunderi Njirana north-eastern Arnhem Land Northern Territory novices painted paperbark particular patrilineal person Plate Rainbow Snake relation relationship relevant religious rites ritual sacred singing sister Snake social songs sorcery South Australia speak spear Spencer and Gillen spirit sticks stone Strehlow subincision subsection symbolic tion tjurunga totemic traditional Aboriginal tree tribe ubar unit Victoria Desert Wadi Warner waterhole Wawalag western Arnhem Land Western Australia Western Desert wife woman women Yirrkalla