Matya-mundu, a history of the Aboriginal people of south west Queensland / Hazel McKellar ; edited by Thom Blake
- Bib ID:
- 1305284
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- McKellar, Hazel, 1930-
- Description:
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- Cunnamulla : Cunnamulla Australian Native Welfare Association, c1984
- 99 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0959017305 (paperback)
- Summary:
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Kunja, Mardgany, Budjari, Kooma, Kunggarra, Kullilla, Bunthamara, Wangkumara people; traditional territories, meeting, mythological, other sites (maps show important landmarks); breakdown of traditional culture, relocation on stations, fringe settlements, race relations and massacres; traditional knowledge, medicine, hunting and gathering, marriage, birth, birth control, spiritual beliefs, environment management; James Tyson and Aborigines living on his station (Tinnenburra); the Kooma hairless Aborigines; communities in/ near Thargomindah, Eulo, Cunnamulla; living style and standards, education, employment (incl. Armed Services), prominent local and tribal Aborigines, family trees; Mardjany and Kunja word list.
- Notes:
- N 994.340049915 M154 copy Digital master available National Library of Australia
- Subject:
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- Aboriginal Australians -- Queensland -- History
- Wangkumara / Wanggumara language (L25) (Qld SG54-15)
- Economics - Income - Poverty and low income
- Wangkumara / Wanggumara people (L25) (Qld SG54-15)
- Guwamu / Kooma language (D33) (Qld SH55-03)
- Ceremonies - Initiation
- Social organisation - Kinship - Marriage
- Badjiri / Budjari / Badyidi language (D31) (Qld SH55-01)
- Guwamu / Kooma people (D33) (Qld SH55-03)
- Kuungkari / Gunggari language (D37) (Qld SG55-15)
- Race relations - Violent - Massacres, murders, poisonings etc. - To 1900
- Settlement and contacts - Colonisation - 1851-
- Reproduction - Childbirth
- Education - Students
- Margany / Mardigan language (D42) (Qld SG55-13)
- Geography - Territories and boundaries
- Psychology - Parapsychology
- Galali / Kullilli language (D30) (Qld SH55-01)
- Reproduction - Birth control / Family planning
- Stories and motifs
- Bundhamara language (L26) (Qld SG54-16)
- Galali / Kullilli people (D30) (Qld SH55-01)
- Death - Mortuary / funeral ceremonies
- Hunting, gathering and fishing
- Badjiri / Budjari / Badyidi people (D31) (Qld SH55-01)
- Defence - Armed forces - Veterans
- Margany / Mardigan people (D42) (Qld SG55-13)
- Bundhamara people (L26) (Qld SG54-16)
- Employment - Labour market
- Habitation - Camps - Fringe and town
- Language - Vocabulary - Word lists
- Gunya / Kunja people (D43) (Qld SG55-10)
- History - Genealogy and family history
- Sites - Ceremonial grounds
- Gunya / Kunja language (D43) (Qld SG55-10)
- Race relations - Racial discrimination
- Socioeconomic conditions - Living conditions
- Kuungkari / Gunggari people (D37) (Qld SG55-15)
- Queensland -- History
- Queensland Far North West (Qld Far NW SE54)
- South West Queensland (SW Qld SG54, SG55, SH54, SH55)
- Northern New South Wales (N NSW SH55, SH56)
- Cunnamulla (SW Qld SH55-02)
- Thargomindah (SW Qld SG54-16)
- East Queensland (E Qld SF55, SF56)
- Eulo (SW Qld SH55-01)
- Tinnenburra (SW Qld SH55-02)
- Other authors/contributors:
- Blake, Thom
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1984
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