The Australian Race: Its Origin, Languages, Customs, Place of Landing in Australia and the Routes by which it Spread Itself Over the Continent, Volume 1

Edward Micklethwaite Curr

Jan 1886 · J. Ferres

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V.1, p.1-35; General language information, orthography, table of 20 common & widespread Australian words, language & vocabulary comparisons, names of languages, quotes Ridleys Kamilaroi grammar, comments on words in the vocabularies; p.36- 105; Physical characteristics, hair, skin, senses, half-castes, religious beliefs, sorcery (Bangerang, Victoria, New South Wales), medicine men, cures for sickness (Bangerang, Burdekin area), minor superstitions, astronomical beliefs (Bangerang, ; Kilmore), personal property, government & leadership, family life, law & conflict (tribal & intertribal), property & inheritance, childhood, types of initiation, lists areas where circumcision & subincision are prevalent, infanticide, cannibalism, ; trade & exchange, foods & food-getting, foodsharing, cooking, drinks, water collection, pitcheri, fighting methods, mortuary rites, corroborees, body painting, music, sign language, clothing, mutiliation & body ornaments, art, shelters, totemism, ; history of European contact; p.106-142; Marriage, marital status, capture, elopement, status of women, marriage classes, extensive quotation from Ridley on rules & classes of Kamilaroi, Wailwun, Moreton Bay to Wide Bay, Barwan, Wiraiarai, Kogai, Pikumbul, Narran River; quotes Fison on group marriage, gives relationship terms for Dieyeri, Larriquia, Mooloola, Western Australia, Kamilaroi, Dippel, Encounter Bay, Woolna, Murray mouth; p.143-151; Weapons & implements, spears, wommera, boomerang, clubs, shields, tomahawk, knife, chisel, kooditcha shoes, canoes, messengers & message sticks, nets & bags p.152-189; Origins - comparison with extraAustralian races; p.190-207; Arrival and spread of Aborigines, diffusion of cultural traits, languages; p.208-234; Disease, prevalent diseases, introduction of smallpox, population decrease, general remarks on native health; p.235-244; Comments on earlier writers on Aborigines; p.245-425; 39 articles on particular areas listed separately in this bibliography; v.2, p.3-501; Articles 40-135 listed separately; v.3, p.3-589; Articles 136-214D listed separately; p.592-699; Appendices, A - The Tasmanians; B - The ovens, caves, paintings, and sculptures ... both listed separately v.4, p.4-45; Comparative vocabulary of 63 terms arranged by area & term; map shows location of tribes, areas of circumcision & subincision.