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Title: Ethnological Studies among the North-West-Central Queensland
Aborigines ... With ... illustrations.Publisher: British Library,
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edition identification: ++++ British Library Roth, Walter Edmund.;
1897. xvi. 199 p.; 8 . 10491.ff.27.
Walter E. Roth's 1897 study of the Aborigines of North-West-Central
Queensland was among the first of its kind in Australia, and
established his international reputation as a leading
anthropologist and ethnologist. Roth, a physician who was later
appointed 'protector of Aboriginals' by the government, gained the
confidence and trust of the Aboriginal people among whom he lived,
and tried to stop the exploitation and injustice they suffered, in
the face of fierce political opposition. His book provides a
fascinating and closely observed account of the Aborigines'
traditional way of life, including their language, kinship and
customs. It describes social organisation, food, tools and weapons,
personal decoration, travel and trade, birth and death, and even
cannibalism. Containing over 430 illustrations and a glossary
summarising key vocabulary, this thoroughly-researched book is
widely recognised as a valuable and enduring anthropological
record.
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