Culture in translation : the anthropological legacy of R.H. Mathews /
"Almost 90 years on from his death, this is the first book-length collection of the writings of Robert Hamilton Mathews. It has been a long wait for the Australian-born surveyor who began his career as an anthropologist at the age of 52 with the 1893 publication of a brief paper on New South Wa...
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| Language: | English |
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Acton, A.C.T. :
ANU E Press,
2007.
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| Series: | Aboriginal history monograph series ;
no. 15. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Introducing R.H. Mathews. 'Birrarak is the name given to me by the natives'
- Part 1: Rock Art and Daily Life. Contributions to the Ethnography of the Australians
- Rock Carvings and Paintings by the Australian Aborigines
- Plan of some Drawings carved or painted on Rock by the Natives of New South Wales, Australia
- Part 2: Kinship and Marriage. Social Organisation of Some Australian Tribes
- Remarks on the Natives of Australia
- The Natives of Australia
- Part 3: Mythology. Some Mythology of the Gundungurra Tribe, New South Wales
- A Giant in a Cave--An Australian Legend
- Australian Folk-Tales
- The Wareengarry and Karambal
- The Hereafter
- Part 4: Language. The Wailwan Language
- Language of the Kurnu Tribe, New South Wales
- Part 5: Ceremony. The Mŭltyerra Initiation Ceremony
- Initiation Ceremony of the Birdhawal Tribe
- The Bundandaba Ceremony of Initiation in Queensland
- Part 6: Correspondence. Letters to E.S. Hartland
- Letters to R.H. Mathews
- Letter to Moritz von Leonhardi
- RHM Bibliography.