Donald Thomson in Arnhem Land

AUSTRALIANA ABORIGNAL

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.

• ix, 146 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 26 cm. @251124 (damage to back of dustjacket)
• First Nations (AIATSIS) Subject:
  • Food – Preparation – Cooking
  • Hunting – Birds
  • Environment – Land management – Fire
  • Race relations – Racism – Stereotyping
  • Animals – Birds – Ducks / Geese
  • Socioeconomic conditions – Living conditions
  • Defence – Armed forces – Veterans
  • Government policy – Assimilation – 1926-1950
  • Settlement and contacts – Explorers
  • Gathering – Eggs
  • Ceremonies
  • Weapons
  • Fishing – Fish traps
  • Djinang / Dyinang people (N94.1) (NT SD53-02)
  • Caledon Bay (East Arnhem Land SD53-04)
  • Blue Mud Bay (East Arnhem Land SD53-07)
  • Milingimbi (Central Arnhem Land NT SD53-02)
  • Milingimbi (Central Arnhem Land SD53-02)

  Subject:

  • Aboriginal Australians. Cultural processes. Northern Territory. Arnhem Land. Anthropological perspectives. Correspondence, diaries, etc
  • Aboriginal Australians — Northern Territory — Arnhem Land
  • Ethnology — Northern Territory — Arnhem Land
  • Australian