Memoires historiques sur l'Australie, et particulierement sur la mission de la Nouvelle-Nursie
| Date |
1854-01-01 |
| Place |
New Norcia |
| Subject | |
| Category | |
| Author |
Salvado, Rosendo |
| Publisher |
Alphonse Pringuet |
| Keywords |
Housing childhood Religion |
| Current holder | |
| Link |
catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/622596 |
| Item number |
622596 |
| Access rights |
Request at location |
| Rights |
Out of Copyright |
| Country of origin | |
| Language | |
| Description from source |
xii, 443 pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : map ; 23 cm. History of New Norcia; religious beliefs of natives, racial comparisons (theory of origin), social organization, disputes, law and government, property rights, cosmology, music and dancing, description of rituals, sexual dichotomy in rituals, mens and womens dances; childbirth reasons for infanticide, fathers relationship with children, education of sons, treatment of old people; marriage laws, elopement, punishment; sleeping arrangements – segregation of sexes; clothing & bodily decoration, ornaments, nose piercing; tools and weapons; uses and manufacture; shelters, making of huts; food collecting and hunting, type of plants used for food; general camp life, etiquette, vengeance; illnesses and treatment; doctors, sorcery, mortuary rites, disposal of dead; languages, vocabulary of east & north of area (12 p.) |
| Physical format |
Books |
| Bibliographic citation |
https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/Q9VALED9/ |
| Place of Publication |
Paris |
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