Description of the natives of King George's Sound (Swan River Colony) and adjoining country / written by Scott Nind, and communicated by R. Brown
- Bib ID:
- 1629322
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Nind, Scott
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item. FRM F1470 copy
- Description:
- p. 21-51 ; 24 cm.
- Summary:
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Physical description, clothing, mode of preparing kangaroo mantles, ornaments worn; scarification; notes on firesticks; weapons, hammers, knives; shelters and huts; economic life, ecology, foods, hunting; food taboos (age restrictions); childbirth, infanticide; dances; magic; divisions and subdivisions of tribes (Meananger, Murram, Weil, Warrangle, Corine); property ownership, personal conflicts; mortuary rite, mourning, death; vocabulary (aprroximately 150 words), names of men, seasons.
- Notes:
-
- "Read 14th. Feb., 1831."
- Includes a vocabulary.
- In: Journal of the Royal Geographical Society -- Vol. 1 (1831) (Ferguson no. 1470 and 1587a)
- FRM F1470 copy Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2787816185
- Subject:
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- Costume and clothing - Cloaks and coats
- Technology - Wood - Fire sticks
- Hunting - Kangaroo / Wallaby
- Reproduction - Infanticide
- Wiilman people (W7) (WA SI50-07)
- Reproduction - Childbirth
- Housing - Shelters
- Death - Mortuary / funeral ceremonies
- Wudjari people (W8) (WA SI50-08)
- Death - Mourning
- Technology - Stone - Knives
- Language - Vocabulary
- Wiilman language (W7) (WA SI50-07)
- Food - Sociocultural aspects - Avoidance
- Wudjari language (W8) (WA SI50-08)
- Weapons
- Body - Scarification
- Goreng language (W5) (WA SI50-12)
- Hunting
- Environment - Climate and weather - Seasons
- Magic and sorcery - Clever people
- Technology - Stone - Percussion and abrading
- Goreng people (W5) (WA SI50-12)
- Swan River (SW WA SH50-14)
- Other authors/contributors:
- Brown, Robert, 1773-1858
- Copyright:
-
Out of Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Since 1928 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1858
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1831
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