AUSTRALIANA ABORIGINAL INDIGENOUS
“Spencer’s 1912 diary notes and photographs of Aboriginal life in the Kakadu region, Northern Territory of Australia. With rock art by Kakadu people and their ancestors”
Text derived from ‘Wanderings in Wild Australia’; “Additional text and photographs by David M. Welch”
xiv, 272 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps, ports. ; 24 cm. #230623
Spencer, Baldwin, Sir, 1860-1929 — Diaries. | Aboriginal Australians — Northern Territory — Kakadu Region — History. | Aboriginal Australians — Northern Territory — Kakadu Region — Social life and customs. | Rock paintings — Northern Territory — Kakadu Region. | Settlement and contacts – Chinese. | Social organisation – Kinship – Marriage. | Stories and motifs – Spirit children. | Technology – Bags. | Food – Preparation – Cooking. | Death – Mortuary / funeral ceremonies. | Art – Painting – Bark. | Hunting – Snake. | Material culture – Woven objects. | Technology – Stone – Axes / hatchets. | Costume and clothing – Armbands, bracelets etc. | Indigenous knowledge – Health and medicine. | Habitation – Camps – Fringe and town. | Ceremonies – Women. | Dance – Ceremonial. | Magic and sorcery. | Dance – Recreational – Corroboree. | Religion – Totemism. | Art – Rock art. | Art – Body art. | Death – Mourning. | Ceremonies – Rain making. | Gaagudju / Gagadju / Gagadyu people (N50) (NT SD53-01) | Housing – Shelters – Rock shelters. | Music – Vocal – Clan songs. | Hunting, gathering and fishing. | Stories and motifs – Kangaroos / Wallabies. | Food – Meat – Snake. | Religion – Dreaming – Ancestor spirits. | Stories and motifs – Snakes. | Religion – Rites – Ceremonial objects. | Health – Treatments – Traditional – Clever people. | Art – Crafts – Baskets and basketmaking. | Ceremonies – Smoking ceremonies. | Weapons – Spearthrowers. | Stories and motifs – Crocodiles. | Kakadu Region (N.T.) — Description and travel. | East Alligator River (Kakadu, NT SD53-01, SD53-05) | Darwin (NT Top End SD52-04) | Gunbalanya / Oenpelli (West Arnhem Land NT SD53-01) | Roper River (NT Top End SD53-09, SD53-10, SD53-11)