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Main library | Non-fiction | AUS BRO 1975 (Browse shelf) | 1 | Available | 2013-0138 |
Bibliography: pages 72-73.
1975
Introduction to the Pitjantjatjara; traditional location and establishment on Missions and stations; return to traditional land in Tomkinson Ranges in 1970s; description of life there in 1975; hunting, gathering and use of local resources; continued dependence on Western goods, food and welfare payments; importance of the motor car; political organisation; disease (especially eye infections) western and traditional cures; importance of sacred sites; detailed description of technology and material welfare; spear throwers, spears, boomerangs, shields, clubs, digging sticks, tools, wooden bowls, spun hair and wool, use of gum and production of traditional and new items (carved animals) for Western demand and methods of sale.
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