192 p., [16] p. of plates : maps ; 23 cm.Charles Pearcy Mountford (1890–1976) was an Australian anthropologist and photographer. He is known for his pioneering work on indigenous Australians and his depictions and descriptions of their art. He also led the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land. S09/1020 ABORIGINAL STUDIES
Musgrave, Mann, Tomkinson Ranges, Mount Olga and Mount Connor, Ayers Rock; Bidjandjadjara childrens games, secular dances; initiation; Dreamtime legends; magic & medicine men; Ayers Rock legends and paintings; Big Sunday; burial ritual; games; hunting and cooking; distribution of food; rainmaking ritual; legends and cosmogony; conception beliefs.