The Resource The big run : the story of Victoria River Downs Station, Jock Makin
The big run : the story of Victoria River Downs Station, Jock Makin
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The item The big run : the story of Victoria River Downs Station, Jock Makin represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS).
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- Summary
- History of Victoria River district; p.4-17; From the Dreamtime - notes on Aborigines of the area, including origin theories, distinction between sandstone (Bilinurra, Ngariman, Hyneman, Wadaman tribes speaking Ngaliwuru) and bush tribes (Karrumburra & Mudbara), map shows approximate locations, possible Macassan influences, gives animal foods eaten, brief mention of huts, fire making, body ornaments, inter tribal warfare, methods of attack, spears, bone spearheads, spear thrower, stone axes, Rainbow Serpent beliefs, conception beliefs, birth, childhood, games, initiation, cicatrization, names & naming, status of women, womens duties, bone pointing, native remedies, music & musical instruments, rock art (especially Humbert River, Pigeonhole); p.99-104; Aboriginal attacks on cattle; p.173; Need to educate Aborigines for greater responsibility in cattle industry
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 193 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
- See also second edition (1983) held at B. M235.41/B2
- Label
- The big run : the story of Victoria River Downs Station
- Title
- The big run
- Title remainder
- the story of Victoria River Downs Station
- Statement of responsibility
- Jock Makin
- Subject
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- Art - Subjects - Contact
- Body - Scarification
- Cattle trade -- Northern Territory | Victoria River Region -- History
- Ceremonies - Initiation
- Children
- Colonisation
- Economic sectors - Pastoral industry - Beef cattle
- Environment - Land management - Fire
- Feuds and warfare
- Food - Preparation - Cooking - Meat
- Gender relations - Division of labour
- Health status - Child health
- Housing - Shelters
- Hunting
- Indigenous knowledge - Health and medicine
- Language - Personal names
- Art - Rock art - Painting
- Magic and sorcery - Clever people
- Music - Instruments
- Occupations - Pastoral industry workers
- Ranches -- Northern Territory | Victoria River Region -- History
- Recreation - Games
- Reproduction - Childbirth
- Reproduction - Conception
- Settlement and contacts - Colonisation
- Settlement and contacts - Macassans and Indonesians
- Stories and motifs - Rainbow serpent
- Technology - Fire - Fire making
- Technology - Stone - Ground
- Victoria River Downs Station (N.T.) -- History
- Weapons - Spears
- Weapons - Spearthrowers - Making
- Language - Vocabulary - Animal names
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- History of Victoria River district; p.4-17; From the Dreamtime - notes on Aborigines of the area, including origin theories, distinction between sandstone (Bilinurra, Ngariman, Hyneman, Wadaman tribes speaking Ngaliwuru) and bush tribes (Karrumburra & Mudbara), map shows approximate locations, possible Macassan influences, gives animal foods eaten, brief mention of huts, fire making, body ornaments, inter tribal warfare, methods of attack, spears, bone spearheads, spear thrower, stone axes, Rainbow Serpent beliefs, conception beliefs, birth, childhood, games, initiation, cicatrization, names & naming, status of women, womens duties, bone pointing, native remedies, music & musical instruments, rock art (especially Humbert River, Pigeonhole); p.99-104; Aboriginal attacks on cattle; p.173; Need to educate Aborigines for greater responsibility in cattle industry
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- NSL
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1940-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Makin, Jock
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- portraits
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Ranches
- Cattle trade
- Victoria River Downs Station (N.T.)
- Label
- The big run : the story of Victoria River Downs Station, Jock Makin
- Note
- See also second edition (1983) held at B. M235.41/B2
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-181) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000048518506
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- 193 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Immediate source of acquisition
- Copy 2 received from the Tom Austen Brown collection.
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps, portraits
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- Stock number
- 7445
- System control number
- (OCoLC)153628
- Label
- The big run : the story of Victoria River Downs Station, Jock Makin
- Note
- See also second edition (1983) held at B. M235.41/B2
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-181) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000048518506
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- 193 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Immediate source of acquisition
- Copy 2 received from the Tom Austen Brown collection.
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps, portraits
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- Stock number
- 7445
- System control number
- (OCoLC)153628
Subject
- Art - Subjects - Contact
- Body - Scarification
- Cattle trade -- Northern Territory | Victoria River Region -- History
- Ceremonies - Initiation
- Children
- Colonisation
- Economic sectors - Pastoral industry - Beef cattle
- Environment - Land management - Fire
- Feuds and warfare
- Food - Preparation - Cooking - Meat
- Gender relations - Division of labour
- Health status - Child health
- Housing - Shelters
- Hunting
- Indigenous knowledge - Health and medicine
- Language - Personal names
- Art - Rock art - Painting
- Magic and sorcery - Clever people
- Music - Instruments
- Occupations - Pastoral industry workers
- Ranches -- Northern Territory | Victoria River Region -- History
- Recreation - Games
- Reproduction - Childbirth
- Reproduction - Conception
- Settlement and contacts - Colonisation
- Settlement and contacts - Macassans and Indonesians
- Stories and motifs - Rainbow serpent
- Technology - Fire - Fire making
- Technology - Stone - Ground
- Victoria River Downs Station (N.T.) -- History
- Weapons - Spears
- Weapons - Spearthrowers - Making
- Language - Vocabulary - Animal names
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