My Country of the Pelican Dreaming: The Life of an Australian Aborigine of the Gadjerong, Grant Ngabidj, 1904-1977 as Told to Bruce ShawNarrative account of Ngabidjs life, including large amounts of information on traditional law and social organisation; relationship to land; location and relationships between Gadjerong, Miriwong, Wunambal, Gidja, Ngarinman, Djaru, Murinbata, Yilngali, Garamau, Wadjagidj, Malak tribal groups; naming, totems, conception, kinship, marriage, initiation; station life and stock work, violent conflicts with whites, Forrest River massacre, relations with police; food, hunting, shelters, didgeridoo; legends, cosmology, magic, sorcery, poisoning, medicine; ceremonies, cults; tribal law, executions, fights and social control; revival of traditional law; introduction by Shaw with historical notes, comments on the narrative and on Aboriginal English; glossary. |
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| Title | My Country of the Pelican Dreaming: The Life of an Australian Aborigine of the Gadjerong, Grant Ngabidj, 1904-1977 as Told to Bruce Shaw Issue 17 of AIAS new series Volume 17 of Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies Canberra: AIAS new series |
| Authors | Grant Ngabidj, Bruce Shaw |
| Publisher | Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, 1981 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Dec 6, 2006 |
| ISBN | 0391022180, 9780391022188 |
| Length | 202 pages |
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