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The calling of the spirits
- Title
- The calling of the spirits / Eileen Morgan.
- Author
- Morgan, Eileen, 1922-
- Publication
- Canberra : Aboriginal Studies Press, 1994.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book/Text | Use in library | DU125.Y85 M67 1994 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xix, 171 pages : illustrations, maps; 22 cm
- Summary
- Collection of reminiscences of authors life and south coast of N.S.W. history - growing up at Wallaga Lake; family history - Thomas family and Morgan family from Cummeragunja; Wallaga Lake elders; marriage and family life; tours by Wallaga Lake Gumleaf Band; assimilation policy and move from mission to Cobargo; stories passed on to author from her father of Yuin traditions and south coast history; maintenance of culture and education of children; plant use and foods; includes authors poems and drawings, words from the south coast languages; includes glossary of words with guide to pronunciation.
- Subject
- Morgan, Eileen, 1922-
- Women, Yuin > Australia > Wallaga Lake Region (N.S.W.) > Biography
- Yuin (Australian people) > Australia > Wallaga Lake Region (N.S.W.) > Social life and customs
- Yuin languages (S67) (NSW SI56-13)
- Yuin people (S67) (NSW SI56-13)
- Dhurga language (S53) (NSW SI56-13)
- Dhurga people (S53) (NSW SI56-13)
- Dharawal / Tharawal / Dariwal language (S59) (NSW SI56-09)
- Dharawal / Tharawal / Dariwal people (S59) (NSW SI56-09)
- History - Biographies - Indigenous - Autobiographies
- Art - Drawing
- Social behaviour - Socialisation - Child rearing
- Family
- Food
- Government policy - Assimilation
- Government policy - State and territory - New South Wales
- Social organisation - Kinship - Marriage
- Literature and stories - Poetry
- Music - Instruments - Wind - Gumleaf
- Language - Linguistics - Phonology - Pronunciation
- Stories and motifs
- Women, Yuin
- Iwi taketake
- Wallaga Lake Region (N.S.W.) > History
- Cobargo (NSW Far S Coast SJ55-04)
- Eden / Twofold Bay (NSW Far S Coast SJ55-08)
- Gulaga / Mount Dromedary (NSW Far S Coast SJ55-04)
- Mumbulla (NSW Far S Coast SJ55-04)
- Wallaga Lake (NSW Far S Coast SJ55-04)
- Cummeragunja (SW NSW SJ55-01)
- New South Wales > Wallaga Lake Region
- New South Wales
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- History
- ISBN
- 0855752556
- 9780855752552
- LCCN
- 95124892
- OCLC
- ocm33202489
- 33202489
- SCSB-2108731
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library