The Euahlayi Tribe: A Study of Aboriginal Life in Australia
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The Euahlayi Tribe
A Study of Aboriginal Life in Australia
by
K. Langloh Parker
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
A NATIVE CARRYING A MESSAGE-STICK TWO NATIVES READY FOR A CORROBOREE THE FUNERAL OF A NATIVE. A BARK COFFIN A NATIVE SINGING TO HIS OWN ACCOMPANIMENT A NATIVE GRINDING GRASS SEED ON A DAYOORL-STONE A NATIVE WITH SHIELD AND WADDY IN FRONT OF HIS CAMP
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTORY
CHAPTER II
THE ALL FATHER, BYAMEE
CHAPTER III
RELATIONSHIPS AND TOTEMS
CHAPTER IV
THE MEDICINE MEN
CHAPTER V
MORE ABOUT THE MEDICINE MEN AND LEECHCRAFT
CHAPTER VI
OUR WITCH WOMAN
CHAPTER VII
BIRTH—BETROTHAL—AN ABORIGINAL GIRL FROM INFANCY TO WOMANHOOD
CHAPTER VIII
THE TRAINING OF A BOY UP TO BOORAH PRELIMINARIES
CHAPTER IX
THE BOORAH AND OTHER MEETINGS
CHAPTER X
CHIEFLY AS TO FUNERALS AND MOURNING
CHAPTER XI
SOMETHING ABOUT STARS AND LEGENDS
CHAPTER XII
THE TRAPPING OF GAME
CHAPTER XIII
FORAGING AND COOKING
CHAPTER XIV
COSTUMES AND WEAPONS
CHAPTER XV
THE AMUSEMENTS OF BLACKS
CHAPTER XVI
BUSH BOGIES AND FINIS
GLOSSARY
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