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Main library | Non-fiction | AUS SAM 1989 (Browse shelf) | 1 | Available | Donated by the Art Gallery of South Australia Research Library | 2014-2479 |
Cover title.
Map and text on cover verso.
Bibliography inside back cover.
Introduction -- Exhibition plan -- Ngurunderi's dreaming track -- The Ngurunderi dreaming -- Bark canoes -- A dinner camp 5000 years of history -- The Murray River a Ngarrindjeri landscape -- Fishing -- Making fishing nets -- Hunting and food gathering -- Hunting water birds -- Plant medicine -- Families, clans and land -- Shelter and clothing -- Preparing food -- Initiation -- Games and play -- Wood-carving -- Basketry -- Reeds and grass-trees -- Family land -- Conflict and law -- The ancient tools of Wyrie Swamp -- Parnka midden -- Ramong (Encounter Bay) -- Kangaroo Island an archaeological mystery -- Death and the afterlife -- Ngarrindjeri people today.
Catalogue prepared to accompany an exhibition of the culture of the Ngarrindjeri people of the lower Murray and Coorong areas of South Australia; brief account of the Ngurunderi Dreaming; traditional life and ceremonies; family customs; technology; conflict and law; the ancient tools of Wyrie Swamp; provides information about what can be learned from a midden; photographs and paintings from around Ramong (Encounter Bay); includes brief information on the Ngarrindjeri people today.
Accompanies exhibition held in the South Australian museum.
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