Tell the white man : Buludja's story / as told to Eric Thonemann
- Bib ID:
- 6004898
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Thonemann, H. E
- Edition:
- [2nd ed.]
- Description:
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- [Camberwell, Vic.] : Rodeck Books, [2012?]
- viii, 184 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., 1 geneal. table1 map, ports. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9780646583013
- Summary:
-
Buludja, an aboriginal woman who spent her life at the Elsey, a 5,000 square kilometre cattle station in the Northern Territory, provides a unique first person account of the motives and strength of the Mungari Aborigines from 1914 onwards. She creates a direct and pure insight into an important part of our aboriginal heritage.
- Notes:
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- First published as 'Tell the white man: the life story of an Australian Aboriginal', E.H. Thonemann, Collins, Sydney, 1949.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-184)
- Subject:
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- Buludja, 1899-
- Mungari tribe (Australian people)
- Women, Aboriginal Australian -- Northern Territory -- Biography
- Settlement and contacts - Chinese
- Gathering - Plants - Yams
- Alawa people (N92) (NT SD53-10)
- Yangman people (N68) (NT SD53-13)
- Reproduction - Infanticide
- Ceremonies - Initiation
- Death - Mortuary / funeral ceremonies
- Jawoyn people (N57) (NT SD53-09)
- Mangarrayi / Mangarayi language (N78) (NT SD53-09)
- Mara / Marra people (N112) (NT SD53-11)
- Enterprises - Pastoral industry
- Law - Indigenous
- Gathering - Insects
- Yangman language (N68) (NT SD53-13)
- Fishing
- Gathering - Honey
- Dance - Ceremonial
- Food - Meat - Crocodile
- Hunting - Birds
- Occupations - Domestic servants
- Alawa language (N92) (NT SD53-10)
- Mangarrayi / Mangarayi people (N78) (NT SD53-09)
- Settlement and contacts - Colonisation
- Djilkminggan / Elsey (NT Upper Roper SD53-09, SD53-13)
- Maranboy (NT Top End Upper Roper SD53-09)
- Roper River map area (East Arnhem Land NT SD53-11)
- Australian
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- Publication date:
- 2012
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