The Simpson Desert : natural history and human endeavour / Mark Shephard
- Bib ID:
- 386254
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Shephard, Mark
- Description:
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- Adelaide : Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (South Australian Branch) and Giles Publications, 1992
- ix, 174 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0909112118
- Summary:
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Chapter 2, Aboriginal occupation of the Simpson Desert; descriptions of the freshwater soaks used by the Wangkangurra people; diet of the Wangkangurra people; departure of Aboriginal people from the Simpson Desert; legend of the Crane (Wurru)
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- Available from The Society (South Australian Branch), GPO Box 419, Adelaide SA 5001.
- Bibliography: p. 163-169.
- Subject:
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- Desert biology -- Simpson Desert
- Desert biology -- Australia, Central
- Food - Preparation - Cooking
- Colonisation
- Wangkangurru / Wangganguru people (L27) (SA SG53-12)
- Health status - Nutrition
- Stories and motifs - Birds
- Simpson Desert -- History
- Simpson Desert -- Pictorial works
- Simpson Desert -- Discovery and exploration
- Simpson Desert (SE Central NT, NE SA SF53, SG53)
- South Australia - Central Australia (SA SG52, SG53)
- Other authors/contributors:
- Royal Geographical Society of Australasia. South Australian Branch
- Copyright:
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- Published status:
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- Publication date:
- 1992
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