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Donald Thomson in Arnhem Land
Narrative based on reports, private correspondence and diaries, 1935-42; observations on material culture, ceremonies and subsistence including goose-egg hunting, fish traps, use of fire; relationships between Aborigines and administration, missions, Japanese and inter-tribal hostilities, Blue Mud Bay, Caledon Bay and Milingimbi areas; Special Reconnaissance Unit and name list of members of the Unit; biographies, particularly Kapiu, Raiwalla, Wongo.
Donald Thomson's Mammals and Fishes of Northern Australia
Brief biography; species list and description; Aboriginal names and meanings; occasional mention of Aboriginal hunting and food preparation.
Thomson Time
Thomson Time provides a rare look at a culture, a first-hand account of the lives of Aboriginal people of Arnhem Land in the 1930s, a time of rapid change.
Kinship and Behaviour in North Queensland
Covers area north of line from Endeavour River at Cooktown to Mitchell River on Gulf of Carpentaria, map shows tribal groups; based on field work 1928, 1929 and 1932-33; p.1-2; Briefly describes coastal terrain of Koko Yas & Ompela, inland country of Wik Mongkan & Kandju, local organisation, clans, government, moieties (except Wik Mungkan), personal totemism; p.3-14; Ompela - location, table shows classification, differences from other Australian systems noted, marriage relationships, betrothal & changes in designation required by marriage (betrothal ceremony described, removal of motherinlaw avoidance,; terms of address, table of changes given), other designations (nicknames, special status...
Children of the Dreamtime
For annotation see 1st edition, Children of the Wilderness.
Children of the Wilderness
Photographs from Cape York, Arnhem Land and Lake Mackay area include details of subsistence, technology and ritual such as spears and spearthrower, digging sticks, fibre and shell containers, nets, watercraft, toys, string game, ornaments, fishing; mainly Wik Monkan, Wik Alkan, Ompela, Yintjinnga, Arrawiya, Warramirri, Wanguri, Tjapu, Bindibu, people; Wongo of Caledon Bay featured.
Bindibu Country
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Bindibu Country
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