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Main Title: Yulengor : nomads of Arnhem Land / Wilbur S. Chaseling.
Author: Chaseling, Wilbur S.
Imprint: London : Epworth Press, 1957.
Collation: 23 cm. xxvi, 173 p., [13] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports, hbk, ;
Summary: Detailed description of north-east Arnhem Land Aborigines; Daily life, food-gathering, family life, status of women, marriage and kinship laws; Linguistic information; Sickness and treatment, magic and medicine men; Body decorations Temperament of people of Reratjingo tribe, disputes; Burial rites including cannibalism; Myths of creation, religious beliefs; Tribal units mentioned; Wulamba, Kalpu, Juppu, Liagullomirry; Author was Methodist Missionary stationed at Yirrkala.

This work contains text and/or images that may cause offence to members of the Australian Indigenous community, or may be deemed inappropriate for some users on the grounds of sex, age or social status by the Australian Indigenous community.
Subject: First Nations Australians
Northern Territory - Northern District
Yolngu (First Nations Australian people)
Result Collection Location Shelf No Status Notes
Non-Fiction Stacks 305.801 NT NORT Available


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