Their shining Eldorado : a journey through Australia / by Elspeth Huxley
- Bib ID:
- 509228
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Huxley, Elspeth Joscelin Grant, 1907-
- Description:
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- London : Chatto & Windus, 1967
- 382 p., [21] p. of plates : ill., maps (1 folded) ; 23 cm.
- Summary:
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p.249-51; Condition of natives (Katherine), equal pay in N.T.; p.264-8; Voting rights, education, assimilation; p.269-84; Snake Bay settlement (Tiwi), Welfare policies; Brief notes on Oenpelli rock art, dancing, didgeridoo playing, legends p.296; Namatjira; p.297-8; Ayers Rock - a religious shrine of Pitjandjaras, conception beliefs, ritual objects, circumcision; p.301-2; Pinturbi; p.3024; Settlements, missions, Welfare, education.
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- Bibliography: p. 369-371.
- Subject:
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- Pitjantjatjara people (C6) (NT SG52-11)
- Reproduction - Conception
- Politics and Government - Elections
- Pintupi people (C10) (NT SF52-11)
- Employment - Conditions - Wages
- Music - Instruments - Wind - Didjeridu
- Art - Rock art
- Tiwi people (N20) (NT SC52-16)
- Religion - Rites - Ceremonial objects
- Initiation - Circumcision
- Australia -- Description and travel -- 1951-1975
- Milikapiti / Snake Bay (Melville Island NT SC52-16)
- Gunbalanya / Oenpelli (West Arnhem Land NT SD53-01)
- Katherine (NT Top End SD53-09)
- Uluru / Ayers Rock (South Central NT SG52-08)
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2077 [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):
- 2007
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1967
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