A world that was : the Yaraldi of the Murray River and the Lakes, South Australia
Berndt, Ronald M.1993
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Extensive and detailed ethnography of the Yaraldi (a dialect unit of the Kukabrak/Narrinyeri); physical environment; economic geography; population and disease; social composition, territorial organisation and their neighbours; kinship, clan structure and hierarchy; marriage, polygamy and the status of women - sexual relations, illegitimacy, elopement; genealogies of Albert Karloan and Pinkie Mack; maps of Brinkley Reserve and Murray Bridge; avoidance relationships; clan council; use comedy an examples of humour; trials of sorcery; subsistence economy; seasonality and division of time; hunting, fishing and gathering techniques; implements and equipment - canoes, spears, spearthrowers, clubs, boomerangs, shields, traps and snares, nets, baskets, mats; food preparation; food preservation; cloak and rug making; extraction of animal oils; trade and exchange items; exchange relationships - the Ngengampi; food taboos; conception beliefs, spirit child and soul, pregnancy prevention, infanticide, childbirth; socialization - infancy and childhood, naming; sexual relations in childhood, puberty rites - cicatrisation, beliefs about menstruation, defloration; male initiation (associated games and ritual); marriage, elopement and other sexual relations; love magic; healing magic - familiars; the spirit world - the dead and other nature spirits; ceremonies, song types and their composition; mythic deities, culture heroes - Ngurnderi, Waiyungari and the wives of Nepeli; other mythic beings - moon woman, birds (crow, crane, jay, magpie, pelican, native companion, emu), animals (water rat, whale, possum), amphibians, water, snake, fire; significance of the miwi and its use; reasons for, protection against, materials, methods and forms of sorcery; death and mortuary rituals; causes of death; summary of precontact culture and post- contact change; includes appendices 1) Kukabrak neighbours and dialectal units; 2) Kukabrak clans; 3) clan lands; 4) texts and translatins; 5) genealogical tables; 6) traditional foods; 7) songs and translations.
Main title:
A world that was : the Yaraldi of the Murray River and the Lakes, South Australia / by Ronald M. Berndt and Catherine H. Berndt with John E. Stanton.
Imprint:
Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press at the Miegunyah Press, 1993.
Collation:
624 pages,20 pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 26 cm.
Series title:
Miegunyah Press series ; number 11.
ISBN:
9780522844276
Dewey class:
994.004
Language:
English
Subject:
Aboriginal legendsNgarrindjeri (Aboriginal tribe)Ngarrindjeri (Aboriginal tribe) -- Social life and customsNgarrindjeri (Aboriginal tribe) -- Family relationshipsNgarrindjeri (Aboriginal tribe) -- LanguageNgarrindjeri (Aboriginal tribe) -- GenealogyNgarrindjeri (Aboriginal tribe) -- FoodNgarrindjeri (Aboriginal tribe) -- Social conditionsAboriginal Australians -- Lower Murray Region (South Australia) -- Social life and customsAboriginal Australians -- Lakes Region (South Australia) -- Social life and customs
BRN:
128063
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Reference | 994.004 WOR | Not for loan (Set: 10 Feb 2016) |
| St Marys | Reference | 994.004 WOR | Not for loan (Set: 10 Feb 2016) |