My country of the pelican dreaming: The life of an Australian Aborigine of the Gadjerong, Grant Ngabidj, 1904-1977, as told to Bruce Shaw

by Grant Ngabidj

AIAS new series (number 17)

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Narrative account of Ngabidjs life, including large amounts of information on traditional law and social organisation; relationship to land; location and relationships between Gadjerong, Miriwong, Wunambal, Gidja, Ngarinman, Djaru, Murinbata, Yilngali, Garamau, Wadjagidj, Malak tribal groups; naming, totems, conception, kinship, marriage, initiation; station life and stock work, violent conflicts with whites, Forrest River massacre, relations with police; food, hunting, shelters, didgeridoo; show more legends, cosmology, magic, sorcery, poisoning, medicine; ceremonies, cults; tribal law, executions, fights and social control; revival of traditional law; introduction by Shaw with historical notes, comments on the narrative and on Aboriginal English; glossary. show less

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AIAS new series (number 17)

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Nonfiction, Anthropology, Hunting and Fishing, Sports and Leisure, Religion & Spirituality, Music, Biography & Memoir, History
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994.0049915 — History & geography History of Australasia, Pacific Ocean islands, Atlantic Ocean islands, Polar regions Australia
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DU123.83 .N2 .A3 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Oceania (South Seas) History of Oceania (South Seas) Australia Ethnography
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