Kakadu people / by Baldwin Spencer ; compiled, edited and published by David M. Welch
- Bib ID:
- 4498997
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Spencer, Baldwin, Sir, 1860-1929
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Description:
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- Virginia, N.T. : David M. Welch, c2008
- xiv, 272 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9780977503537
- Series:
- Australian Aboriginal culture series ; no. 3.
- Summary:
-
Text derived from 'Wanderings in Wild Australia'; see original publication for annotation.
- Notes:
-
- "Additional text and photographs by David M. Welch"--P. vi.
- "Spencer's 1912 diary notes and photographs of Aboriginal life in the Kakadu region, Northern Territory of Australia. With rock art by Kakadu people and their ancestors"--Cover.
- Bibliography: p. 271-272.
- Subject:
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- Spencer, Baldwin, Sir, 1860-1929 -- Diaries
- Aboriginal Australians -- Northern Territory -- Kakadu Region -- History
- Aboriginal Australians -- Northern Territory -- Kakadu Region -- Social life and customs
- Rock paintings -- Northern Territory -- Kakadu Region
- Settlement and contacts - Chinese
- Social organisation - Kinship - Marriage
- Stories and motifs - Spirit children
- Technology - Bags
- Food - Preparation - Cooking
- Death - Mortuary / funeral ceremonies
- Art - Painting - Bark
- Hunting - Snake
- Material culture - Woven objects
- Technology - Stone - Axes / hatchets
- Costume and clothing - Armbands, bracelets etc
- Indigenous knowledge - Health and medicine
- Habitation - Camps - Fringe and town
- Ceremonies - Women
- Dance - Ceremonial
- Magic and sorcery
- Dance - Recreational - Corroboree
- Religion - Totemism
- Art - Rock art
- Art - Body art
- Death - Mourning
- Ceremonies - Rain making
- Gaagudju / Gagadju / Gagadyu people (N50) (NT SD53-01)
- Housing - Shelters - Rock shelters
- Music - Vocal - Clan songs
- Hunting, gathering and fishing
- Stories and motifs - Kangaroos / Wallabies
- Food - Meat - Snake
- Religion - Dreaming - Ancestor spirits
- Stories and motifs - Snakes
- Religion - Rites - Ceremonial objects
- Health - Treatments - Traditional - Clever people
- Art - Crafts - Baskets and basketmaking
- Ceremonies - Smoking ceremonies
- Weapons - Spearthrowers
- Stories and motifs - Crocodiles
- Kakadu Region (N.T.) -- Description and travel
- East Alligator River (Kakadu, NT SD53-01, SD53-05)
- Darwin (NT Top End SD52-04)
- Gunbalanya / Oenpelli (West Arnhem Land NT SD53-01)
- Roper River (NT Top End SD53-09, SD53-10, SD53-11)
- Other authors/contributors:
- Welch, David M. (Maxwell), 1955-
- Copyright:
-
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2008
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