On the Aborigines inhabiting the Great Lacustrine and Riverine depression of the lower Murray, lower Murrumbidgee, lower Lachlan, and lower Darling

Abstract

Record of observations in 1845-1868; Tribes; Boora- Boora, Baraba Baraba, Watty Watty, Waiky Waiky, Litchy Litchy, Darty Darty, and Yairy Yairy; messengers, absence of chieftainship, childhood, dress and ornament, initiation, mourning and burial; diseases and treatment; snakebite; Smallpox plague; food; cooking methods and formation of kitchen middens; canoes; fibre plants; catching emus, ducks, etc. in nets; games - wrestling, ball games, spear throwing competitions crime and punishment; dogs; legends about the constellations songs; corroborees; fire-making; medicine men; linguistic information Topical: Animals - Reptiles - Snakes