[Artists of the sandstone : a description of the Aboriginal tribes inhabiting the Sydney-Hawkesbury district of New South Wales]. 1985.

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McCarthy, Frederick D. (Frederick David), 1905-1997. [Artists of the sandstone : a description of the Aboriginal tribes inhabiting the Sydney-Hawkesbury district of New South Wales].

[Artists of the sandstone : a description of the Aboriginal tribes inhabiting the Sydney-Hawkesbury district of New South Wales]. 1985.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/271765810

Draft manuscript; divided into following chapters (877 leaves); 1. Evolution of the landscape 2. Stone, bore and shell artefacts 3. Prehistory 4. Aborigines and their character 5. Organisation of society (territories and bands) 6. Material culture (weapons) 7. Family and camp life 8. Economy; hunting, fishing and foraging 9. Social and ceremonial customs 10. Religion 11. Initiation 12. Sickness and magic 13. Death and its aftermath 14. Cave art 15. Rock engravings; Also includes 49 plates, Bibliography (53 l.); Index of artists and literature (5 l.); See also MS 2517 A descriptive catalogue of early pictures illustrating the Aborigines of the Sydney-Hawkesbury region of New South Wales.

4 v.; ill., maps.

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