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Victorian aborigines : John Bulmer's recollections, 1855-1908

Title: Victorian aborigines : John Bulmer's recollections, 1855-1908 / compiled by Alastair Campbell ; edited by Ron Vanderwal.
Author: Bulmer, John, 1833-1913.
Publication: Melbourne, Australia : Museum of Victoria, 1994.

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xv, 88 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm

Summary

Compilation and annotations of the works of missionary John Bulmer Bulmers writings on Victorian Aborigines from Yelta, the Wimmera, and Lake Tyers; life and culture of Aboriginal people living at Lake Tyers mission in the late 1800's; childhood and adolescence - socialisation, play; marriage and kinship - class system, mother-in-law avoidance; leadership; beliefs in the supernatural; social control - leadership, punishment and conflict; death, mourning and burial practises; religion and mythology; ' How the Aborigines became black', 'The origins of fire', ' The flood', other creation and cautionary myths; Nargan or the Bunyip; games, corroborees and songs; hunting and fishing; food and its preparation; canoes, nets, spears, ground-edge axes and rugs; attacks on Aboriginal people by settlers ; word list.

Series Statement

Occasional papers, Museum of Victoria (Anthropology and history series) ; no. 1

Uniform Title

Occasional papers, Museum of Victoria. Anthropology and history series ; no. 1.

Alternative Title

John Bulmer's recollections, 1855-1908

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History

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-88).

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ocm34014177
34014177
SCSB-377437

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Princeton University Library