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A World that was
This extraordinary book, written from material gathered over half a century ago, will almost certainly be the last fine-grained account of traditional Aboriginal life in settled south-eastern Australia. It recreates the world of the Yaraldi group of the Kukabrak or Narrinyeri people of the Lower Murray and Lakes region of South Australia. In 1939 Albert Karloan, a Yaraldi man, urged a young ethnologist, Ronald Berndt, to set up camp at Murray Bridge and to record the story of his people. Karloan and Pinkie Mack, a Yaraldi woman, possessed through personal experience, not merely through hearsay, an all but complete knowledge of traditional life. They were virtually the last custodians of that...
The Speaking Land
This is the first anthology of Aboriginal myth, collected by anthropologists Ronald and Catherine Berndt during fifty years of work among the Aboriginal peoples.
The World of the First Australians
Includes new foreword, added references; social organisation, economic life, relationship with land, life cycle, religious beliefs, law and order, art death, politics, current developments in Aboriginal studies, affairs.
Djanggawul
The Djanggawul religious cult is the focus for this study because it is more important to the Aborigines themselves than other religious cults in the north-eastern region of Arnhem land. The book includes chapters on the following: · Significance of the Djanggawul · The Djanggawul Myth and Content of the Myth · The Djanggawul Songs · The Djanggawul Song Cycle: Parts 1 The book includes an extensive glossary and index. First published in 1952.
The World of the First Australians
Commentaries added to chapters of first edition and new final chapter on current scene; for detailed annotation see 1964 edition.
Going it Alone?
Examines the relationship between the government policies of 'self-management' and the real experience in Aboriginal communities. Takes Aboriginal autonomy as its central theme. Includes biographical sketch & selected bibliography of anthropologists, the Berndts.
The World of the First Australians
Includes alterations to chapters I and XV; chapter XIV is amended and retitled and a previous Appendix has become an amended chapter XVI; also includes additional notes and an expanded bibliography.
