Traditional Aboriginal society : a reader / edited by W.H. Edwards
- Bib ID:
- 2165936
- Format:
- Book
- Description:
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- South Melbourne : Macmillan, 1987
- xii, 292 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 0333430344
- 0333430336 (paperback)
- Summary:
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Papers by S. Harris, H. Morphy, A. Hamilton, J. Altman, A. Chase and P. Sutton, F. Myers, M. Meggitt, L. Sackett, L. Hiatt, A. Yengoyan, W. Stanner, D. Bell, D. Rose, E. Kolig previously published elsewhere; q.v. for annotation; papers by W. Edwards and Australia. Law Reform Commission separately annotated.
- Notes:
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- For tertiary students.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- For tertiary students
- Subject:
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- Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs
- Stories and motifs - Creation / Cosmology
- Ceremonies
- Law - Indigenous
- Social organisation - Kinship - Marriage
- Environment
- Gender relations - Gender roles
- Race relations
- Law - Indigenous - Leadership, authority and prestige
- Social behaviour - Roles
- Ceremonies - Women
- Government policy - Assimilation
- Land rights - Ownership
- Technology - Wood
- Yolngu people (NT SD53)
- Social organisation - Kinship
- Psychology - Interpersonal relations
- Indigenous knowledge - World view
- Social organisation - Kinship - Systems
- Social behaviour - Hierarchies
- Religion
- Social behaviour - Social control
- Gender relations - Division of labour
- Religions - Christianity
- Technology - Stone
- Hunting, gathering and fishing
- Art
- Western Desert (WA SF51, SF52, SG51, SG52)
- Arnhem Land (NT)
- Other authors/contributors:
- Edwards, W. H. (William Howell), 1929-2015
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2085 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 2015
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1987
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