"Sung for generations" : "Old" Joe Bungaree's tales about Red Kangaroo, an 18th Century Gamilaraay "Big-Man" of the central Namoi River NSW : the "Red Chief" of Ion Idriess..., documents transcribed, with commentary by Michael O'Rourke

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"Sung for generations" : "Old" Joe Bungaree's tales about Red Kangaroo, an 18th Century Gamilaraay "Big-Man" of the central Namoi River NSW : the "Red Chief" of Ion Idriess..., documents transcribed, with commentary by Michael O'Rourke

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"Old" Joe Bungaree's tales about Red Kangaroo, an 18th Century Gamilaraay "Big-Man" of the central Namoi River NSW : the "Red Chief" of Ion Idriess...

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documents transcribed, with commentary by Michael O'Rourke

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• "Sung for generations" : "Old" Joe Bungaree's tales about Red Kangaroo, an 18th Century Gamilaraay "Big-Man" of the central Namoi River NSW : the "Red Chief" of Ion Idriess...

Publication

• Braddon, A.C.T., M. O'Rourke, 2005
• Braddon, A.C.T., M. O'Rourke, c2005

Copyright

• ©2005

Note

• See also MS 1453 "The Ewing documents"
• "With a synoptic account of the traditional culture and a summary of the "white invasion" 1826-1926
• Includes index

Bibliography note

Bibliography : p. 431-477

Contents

Geography and place names: physical geography and climate; fauna and flora; The Kamilaroi speaking lands; the name "Gunnedah" -- People and history: Aborigines, explorers and settlers; Feuds, war and disease; Chronology of the central-north and Gunnedah; The Griffin, Cain and Orr families of Coonabarabran and Gunnedah -- Aspects of culture: material culture in the Ewing papers; Kinship and the naming system -- Oral and written traditions: oral traditions: religion, history, entertainment; oral history and the epic; Authenticity "versus" storytelling; Dimensions of style -- Who was Red Kangaroo?: outline of his life and career -- Document 1: Sydney Mail article: :the grave and bones of Cumbo Gunerah" -- Document 2: Article in The Land: "Gunnedah's Aboriginal God-father and his deeds -- Photographs -- The Ewing papers -- Document 3A short title: "the 1945 letter" : John Ewing's letter to Russell McDonagh: the opening of Red Kangaroo's grave -- Document 3B short title: "The death and career" Stanley Ewing's account of the excavation; and Joe Bungaree's tales of Red Kangaroo, as related to Sergeant Ewing -- Document 3C: short title: :The Cassilis raid" : how Red Kangaroo baited his trap to catch the powerfull Cassillis tribe -- Document 3C: text, commentary and notes -- Document 3D: fragmentary papers -- Document 3E : short title "Jinnie's tale" - Jinnie Griffin's tale of the raid on Coonabarabran by the Cassilis men -- Document 4: Ion Idriess's preface to "the Red Chief" [pages vii-xx of the 1953 edition] -- Appendix 1: Outline of Idriess's novella "The Red Chief" (1953) -- Appendix 2: The age of carved trees -- Appendix 3: More on semi-evergreen vine thicket -- Appendix 4: Smoke signals? -- Maps and illustrations

Dimensions

21 cm.

Extent

vi, 478, 16 pages

Isbn

9780646446370

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illustrations, maps

Record ID

u366651