AUSTRALIANA ABORIGINAL

• xviii, 226 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm.
• Smithsonian series in ethnographic inquiry.
• History, culture and stories of Barrow Point area.
• 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.
• First Nations (AIATSIS) Subject:
  • 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:

  • Hart, Roger
  • Aboriginal Australians — Queensland — Barrow Point — Biography
  • Aboriginal Australians — Religion — Queensland — Barrow Point
  • Aboriginal Australians — Queensland — Barrow Point — History
  • #111224 First Edition