My Dusky Friends : Aboriginal life, customs and legends and glimpses of station life at Jarramungup in the 1880’s

WEST AUSTRALIANA Aboriginal

Author’s account of life on a sheep station and experiences of the Aboriginal way of life. Includes a vocabulary of the Wheelman Tribe at Jarramungup, Western Australia.  SCARCE

Detailed description of Aborigines based on personal observation of the Wheelman and neighbouring groups made between 1878 and 1886; material culture; food, particularly plant food gathered by women; dance and music; burial rites; sorcery; warfare; large number of myths and legends on many subjects; vocabulary.

First Edition pp xiii, 234 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., map ; 23 cm. map, vocabulary, original green, gilt titled, leatherette boards, in chipped and worn dustjacket.  (Name stamp on fep.)

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