Brown men and red sand : wanderings in wild Australia / by Charles P. Mountford
- Bib ID:
- 860347
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Mountford, Charles P. (Charles Pearcy), 1890-1976
- Description:
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- Melbourne : Robertson & Mullens, 1948
- xv, 181 p., [60] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports., maps ; 23 cm.
- Series:
- Hallstrom Pacific Collection.
- Summary:
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Musgrave, Mann, Tomkinson Ranges, Mount Olga and Mount Connor, Ayers Rock; Bidjandjadjara childrens games, secular dances; initiation; Dreamtime legends; magic & medicine men; Ayers Rock legends and paintings; Big Sunday; burial ritual; games; hunting and cooking; distribution of food; rainmaking ritual; legends and cosmogony; conception beliefs.
- Notes:
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- Other eds. have subtitle: Journeyings in wild Australia.
- Map on lining papers.
- Includes index.
- Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and other First Nations people are advised that this item may contain the names, recordings and images of deceased people and other content that may be culturally sensitive. Please also be aware that you may see certain words or descriptions within this work which reflect the author’s attitude or that of the period in which the work was published and may now be considered offensive.
- Library's JAF copy is trade ed.
- Subject:
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- Aboriginal Australians
- Stories and motifs - Lizards / goannas
- Health - Treatments - Traditional - Clever people
- Ceremonies - Initiation
- Death - Mortuary customs
- Ceremonies - Rain making
- Stories and motifs - Birds
- Australia, Central -- Description and travel
- Atila / Mount Conner (South Central NT SG52-08)
- Uluru / Ayers Rock (South Central NT SG52-08)
- Musgrave Ranges (SA Central Australia SG52-12, SG53-09)
- Mann Ranges (SA Central Australia SG52-11, South Central NT SG52-07)
- Australian
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2046 [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):
- 1976
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1948
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