Davidson collected these string figures from WA in the 1930s. This book includes 112 illustrations and describes their creation, a now-lost native art form.
A compilation of Davidson’s ethnographic papers on Australian Aboriginal culture from 1933 to 1953, with essays on axes, spears, boomerangs, and other artifacts.
A collection of Daisy Bates’ writings on the now-extinct Aborigines of the Perth and South West regions of Western Australia.
A study of Aboriginal sign language from 1897, still used in many areas today and useful for teachers and police.
A fresh look at records of Aboriginal crime, shedding new light on colonial and modern incidents often suppressed by official narratives.
The collected works of James Browne, annotated to provide biographical and ethnohistorical context.
Les Newman’s detailed account of life in the northern regions of Australia, starting in 1960, and his interactions with the idiosyncratic inhabitants of the outer lands.
Maurice’s expedition from Fowlers Bay to Wyndham in 1902, recounting a little-known but fascinating journey.
A classic account of life and adventures fishing for trepang in Arnhem Land on the northern coast of Australia.
Unleashed onto the unsuspecting world in London, 1898, the tale is of an adventurer wrecked in the Australian north and surviving the wilds with its cannibals and creatures. It confused the ...