The Australian Aboriginal
by Herbert Basedow
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About this eBook
- Author
- Basedow, Herbert, 1881-1933
- Title
- The Australian aboriginal
- Original Publication
- Adelaide: F. W. Freece & Sons, 1925.
- Credits
- Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- GN: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Anthropology
- Subject
- Aboriginal Australians
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 71940
- Release Date
- October 23, 2023
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL
- 2.Untitled
- 3.PREFACE
- 4.CONTENTS
- 5.LIST OF PLATES
- 6.LIST OF FIGURES IN THE TEXT
- 7.CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION TO AN AUSTRALIAN TRIBE
- 8.CHAPTER II RACIAL CHARACTERISTICS
- 9.CHAPTER III THE BREAST AND ABDOMEN
- 10.CHAPTER IV THE FACE AND ITS SKELETON
- 11.CHAPTER V THE MOUTH
- 12.CHAPTER VI THE SKULL AND BRAIN
- 13.CHAPTER VII COLOUR OF ABORIGINAL’S SKIN
- 14.CHAPTER VIII THE HAIR
- 15.CHAPTER IX LIKELY ORIGIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL
- 16.CHAPTER X AN ABORIGINAL’S BIRTH
- 17.CHAPTER XI CHILDHOOD
- 18.CHAPTER XII THE DAY’S MARCH
- 19.CHAPTER XIII CAMP LIFE
- 20.CHAPTER XIV HUNTING
- 21.CHAPTER XV VEGETABLE DIET
- 22.CHAPTER XVI BEVERAGES
- 23.CHAPTER XVII PITJURI
- 24.CHAPTER XVIII NAVIGATION
- 25.CHAPTER XIX DUELS
- 26.CHAPTER XX WARFARE
- 27.CHAPTER XXI SPEARS
- 28.CHAPTER XXII SPEAR-THROWERS
- 29.CHAPTER XXIII BURIAL AND MOURNING CUSTOMS
- 30.CHAPTER XXIV TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS
- 31.CHAPTER XXV TRIBAL ADMINISTRATION
- 32.CHAPTER XXVI INITIATION
- 33.CHAPTER XXVII RELIGIOUS IDEAS
- 34.CHAPTER XXVIII ABORIGINAL ART
- 35.CHAPTER XXIX STONE IMPLEMENTS
- 36.CHAPTER XXX MUSIC AND DANCE
- 37.CHAPTER XXXI LANGUAGE
- 38.INDEX
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