Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Contents
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I THE SPOKEN LANGUAGE OF THE PITTA-PITTA ABORIGINALS: AN ELEMENTARY GRAMMAR
- CHAPTER II TABULAR COMPARISON BETWEEN VARIOUS SELECTED WORDS USED IN THE DIFFERENT ETHNOGRAPHICAL DISTRICTS OF NORTH-WEST-CENTRAL QUEENSLAND
- CHAPTER III SOCIAL AND INDIVIDUAL NOMENCLATURE: CLASS SYSTEMS, &c
- CHAPTER IV THE EXPRESSION OF IDEAS BY MANUAL SIGNS: A SIGN LANGUAGE
- CHAPTER V THE SEARCH FOR FOOD. PITURI
- CHAPTER VI DOMESTIC IMPLEMENTS AND UTENSILS. FIRE-STICKS AND YAM-STICKS. HUTS AND SHELTERS
- CHAPTER VII PERSONAL ORNAMENTATION AND DECORATION. MURAL PAINTING, &C.
- CHAPTER VIII RECREATION: CORROBBOREES, SPORTS, AND GAMES
- CHAPTER IX TRAVEL, TRADE, AND BARTER. THE SO-CALLED LETTER OR MESSAGE-STICK
- CHAPTER X THE MAINTENANCE OF LAW AND ORDER: FIGHTING, FIGHTING WEAPONS
- CHAPTER XI DISEASE, ACCIDENT, DEATH. CANNIBALISM
- CHAPTER XII RAIN-MAKING, THUNDER AND LIGHTNING-MAKING
- CHAPTER XIII ETHNO-PORNOGRAPHY
- INDEX AND GLOSSARY
- Plate section
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Contents
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I THE SPOKEN LANGUAGE OF THE PITTA-PITTA ABORIGINALS: AN ELEMENTARY GRAMMAR
- CHAPTER II TABULAR COMPARISON BETWEEN VARIOUS SELECTED WORDS USED IN THE DIFFERENT ETHNOGRAPHICAL DISTRICTS OF NORTH-WEST-CENTRAL QUEENSLAND
- CHAPTER III SOCIAL AND INDIVIDUAL NOMENCLATURE: CLASS SYSTEMS, &c
- CHAPTER IV THE EXPRESSION OF IDEAS BY MANUAL SIGNS: A SIGN LANGUAGE
- CHAPTER V THE SEARCH FOR FOOD. PITURI
- CHAPTER VI DOMESTIC IMPLEMENTS AND UTENSILS. FIRE-STICKS AND YAM-STICKS. HUTS AND SHELTERS
- CHAPTER VII PERSONAL ORNAMENTATION AND DECORATION. MURAL PAINTING, &C.
- CHAPTER VIII RECREATION: CORROBBOREES, SPORTS, AND GAMES
- CHAPTER IX TRAVEL, TRADE, AND BARTER. THE SO-CALLED LETTER OR MESSAGE-STICK
- CHAPTER X THE MAINTENANCE OF LAW AND ORDER: FIGHTING, FIGHTING WEAPONS
- CHAPTER XI DISEASE, ACCIDENT, DEATH. CANNIBALISM
- CHAPTER XII RAIN-MAKING, THUNDER AND LIGHTNING-MAKING
- CHAPTER XIII ETHNO-PORNOGRAPHY
- INDEX AND GLOSSARY
- Plate section
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1897