Commandant of Solitude
Author | : Collet Barker |
Publisher | : Melbourne University Press |
Total Pages | : 478 |
Release | : 1992 |
ISBN-10 | : IND:30000035541667 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (67 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Diaries of Collet Barker; Raffles Bay region - race relations , traditional society, vocabulary and place names, Aborigines at Raffles Bay 1829; Aboriginal class divisions; massacre King George Sound region - Nyungar and Mineng people; race relations, traditional beliefs on creation, ghosts, snakes, star lore; birth; body scars; burial beliefs; ceremonial exchange; ceremonies; children; customs, manners; feuds; ceremonial role of women; fire stick hunting; fishing; food; hunting rights; initiation; kinship relations; marriage; name avoidance; property rights; rituals; spears; vocabulary; Mineng names of seasons; list of Nyungar people 1821-1835.