Research Catalog

Title

The land of Ulitarra; early records of the aborigines of the mid-north coast of New South Wales, compiled and edited by J.S. Ryan.

Author

Ryan, J. S. (John Sprott)

Publication

Grafton, Mid-North Coast Regional Office, Dept. of University Extension, University of New England, 1964.

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Details

Additional Authors

University of New England.

Description

vii, 241 pages illustrations, maps; 34 cm

Summary

Place names, social organization; totemic classes, centres, etc., increase ceremonies; Tribal fights, disarticulation of one of the little finger joints as a betrothal custom; Initiation rites, magic, superstitions, leadership, funeral ceremonies, mythology and folklore; Daily life in a seasonal environment, hunting and collecting food, types of food Rock shelters, paintings, typology, assimilation, list of document records of early settlers and their descendants, vocabularies; Information taken from A.C. McDougall, W.J. Enright, R.H. Mathews and many others.

Subject

• Ethnology > Australia > New South Wales
• Australian languages
• Aboriginal Australians > Languages
• Religion - Rites - Increase
• Ceremonies - Secret / sacred
• Hunting, gathering and fishing
• Housing - Shelters - Rock shelters
• Initiation - Finger amputation
• Environment - Climate and weather - Seasons
• Feuds and warfare
• Language - Vocabulary - Place names
• Religion - Totemism
• Death - Mortuary / funeral ceremonies
• Gender relations - Betrothal
• Social organisation
• Aboriginal Australians > Languages
• Australian languages
• Ethnology
• New South Wales North Coast (NSW N Coast SH56, SI56)
• New South Wales North Coast (NSW N Coast SH56)
• New South Wales

Note

• At head of title: The University of New England.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 236-239.

LCCN

65050210

OCLC

• ocm09021532
• 9021532
• SCSB-451180

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library