AUSTRALIANA ABORIGINAL –
- Smithsonian series in ethnographic inquiry.
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History, culture and stories of Barrow Point area.
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- Foreword / Noel Pearson
- Introduction: “Will you Write Down my Language?”
- Pt. 1. The Stories of Barrow Point. Hopevale and Hope Valley. Wurrey. Fog Visits Guraaban. The Giant Dingo Dog. The Stories: Owners and Morals. Swallowed by the Earth
- Pt. 2. Barrow Point. Barrow Point at the Turn of the Century. Bush Tucker. Yiithuu-warra. The Porcupine. Nganyja. Witches. The Problem of “Half-Caste” Children. From Barrow Point to Cape Bedford. A Sunset Glow. The Scrub Python at Cape Melville
- Pt. 3. Diaspora. The Barrow Point People Visit the South. The Second Trip South. Point Lookout. Escape from Wawu Ngalan. The Missioner’s Revenge.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-218) and index.
- First Nations (AIATSIS) Subject:
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- History – Biographies – Indigenous
- Religions – Christianity – Missions
- Child welfare – Child / parent separation – Stolen generations
- Colonisation
- History
- Stories and motifs – Cultural heroes
- Walmbaria / Gambilmugu people (Y61) (Qld SD55-09)
- Walmbaria / Gambilmugu language (Y61) (Qld SD55-09)
- Hope Vale (Qld SE Cape York SD55-13)
- Cape Melville (Qld SE Cape York SD55-09)
- Barrow Point (Qld SE Cape York SD55-09)
- Subject:
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- Hart, Roger
- Aboriginal Australians — Queensland — Barrow Point — Biography
- Aboriginal Australians — Religion — Queensland — Barrow Point
- Aboriginal Australians — Queensland — Barrow Point — History
- First Edition
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- xviii, 226 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm. #270726
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