The great Australian loneliness / by Ernestine Hill Hill, Ernestine, 1899-1972

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Author
Hill, Ernestine, 1899-1972
Subjects
Australia - Description and travel.; Hill, Ernestine, 1899-1972; Australia - Pictorial works.
Audience
Adult; General
Summary
Material culture & economic life in N.T. & Kimberleys; General ref. to burial customs (skeletons to be found at Cossack, W.A.); burial ground at Merdil Beach, Darwin; Myhts from Nullabor plains area; General health & treatment of sicknesses (Kimberley); Employment, missions etc.; Brief description of initiation rites, death dance (Melville Island) general ceremonies Arnhem Land, pregnancy custom, Alligator River area of having Mejeelie dolls; Many tribes mentioned.
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http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/6722878
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6722878

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