Ethnological notes on the Aboriginal tribes of New South Wales and Victoria

Ethnological notes on the Aboriginal tribes of New South Wales and Victoria / by R.H. Mathews

Creator: Mathews, R. H. (Robert Hamilton), 1841-1918

Call Number: N 572.994 MAT

Created/Published: Sydney : F.W. White, General Printer, 1905

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ETHNOLOGICAL NOTES ON THE ABORIGINAL TRIBES OF NEW SOUTH WALES AND VICTORIA	3
PREFACE	5
CONTENTS	9
CORRIGENDA	10
BIBLIOGRAPHY	11
ETHNOLOGICAL NOTES ON THE ABORIGINAL TRIBES OF NEW SOUTH WALES AND VICTORIA	17
SOCIOLOGY OF THE NGEUMBA TRIBE.	21
SOCIOLOGY OF THE KAMILAROI TRIBE.	28
SOCIOLOGY OF THE THURRAWAL AND KINDRED TRIBES.	30
CHILDBIRTH.	31
NGEUMBA LANGUAGE.	33
NGEUMBA VOCABULARY.	38
LANGUAGE OF THE THANGATTI TRIBE.	46
THANGATTI VOCABULARY.	49
PIRRIMBIR, OR AVENGING EXPEDITION.	53
EXPLANATION OF ILLUSTRATIONS.	64
SEARCH FOR FOOD.	66
FOOD REGULATIONS, TOTEMS, ETC.	72
MUMBIRBIRRI OR SCARRING THE BODY.	76
SOME BURIAL AND MOURNING CUSTOMS.	84
SORCERY OR MAGIC.	88
ABORIGINAL ASTRONOMY—THE ZODIAC.	92
SOCIOLOGY OF THE TRIBES OF WESTERN VICTORIA.	100
SOCIOLOGY OF THE TRIBES OF EASTERN VICTORIA.	111
LANGUAGE OF MOTHERS-IN-LAW.	119
WONGGOA OR WONGUPKA CEREMONY.	120
TYIBBAUGA CEREMONY.	136
DOLGARRITY CEREMONY.	142
NOTES ON THE INITIATION OF GIRLS.	148
ABORIGINAL MYTHOLOGY AND FOLKLORE.	151
APPENDIX.	190
RITE OF SUBINCISION.	190
ADDITIONAL FOLKLORE.	193

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