Native vocabularies - Peak Hill area. 1940.

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Native vocabularies - Peak Hill area. 1940.

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Comp. by Ngalloodha of Nying-arree, S.W. of Peak Hill - Weeloo people, Ngaiawonga; Words for relationships, parts & functions of body, animals, birds, reptiles, insects, the elements etc., gen. vocab. (approx. 260 words); short sentences (4p.); Answers to questions - mode of burial, hairdressing, weapons, game traps & methods of capture, foods, rock paintings near Meekatharra, diseases in district, tribal country, method of obtaining water.

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Bates, Daisy, 1859-1951

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Daisy May Bates was a social worker and anthropologist who lived with the Aborigines for more than thirty years and wrote about their language and customs. From the description of Letters. 1901-1951. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225689638 Social worker among the Australian Aborigines. Author of The Passing of the Aborigines (1938). From the description of Letters. 1918-1946. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225766793 Daisy Bates w...