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Donald Thomson in Arnhem Land

by Donald F. Thomson, Nicolas Peterson

This volume provides a photographic and narrative record of the Yolngu people of north-east Arnhem Land in the 1930s. It documents domestic life, subsistence, and religious practices, illustrating the culture and social structures of a self-supporting Aboriginal society.

Accession 36340 ISBN 052285205X Publisher The Miegunyah Press
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