The Wind of Change in Central Australia

Released on by Frederick George Godfrey Rose
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  • The Wind of Change in Central Australia Book Detail

  • Author : Frederick George Godfrey Rose
  • Release Date : 1965
  • Publisher :
  • Genre : Aboriginal Australians
  • Pages : 0
  • ISBN 13 :
  • File Size : 84,84 MB
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The Wind of Change in Central Australia by Frederick George Godfrey Rose PDF Summary

Book Description: Fieldwork July-Oct. 1962; work amongst a group of Aborigines where polygamy and gerontocracy had virtually disappeared; disappearance determined by material, ultimately economic factors; history of contact, mission, cattle stations in area, tribal groups; transport and communication available at Angas Downs; influences of white contact - clothing, food, etc., shelters; effect of tourist trade, handcrafts, method of manufacture; systematic kinship, age structure and marriage data (terms, organization); census of area; persistence of the beliefs and cult life of natives; ceremonial articles shown to writer; the changing art; division of labour affected through introduction of white flour, and use of camels for transport; detailed notes given from authors diary; extracts from Day Book of Mr. William Liddle (owner of Angas Downs), record of expenditure; notes on gambling, circumcision, subincision, camp sites, increase ceremonies, Malu ritual, implements, hunting, kurdaitcha, pituri, food; detailed kinship notes in tabular form, genealogies.

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