Social Organization of Arnhem Land

Elkin, A. P.; Berndt, Ronald M.; Berndt, Catherine H.

doi:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1951.tb00176.x

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“…6506 and6448), 1901 (Gr. 6453); Kirkham in Bates, 1918;Elkin, 1931Elkin, , 1940Tindale in C. Fenner, 1936;Tindale, 1937MS, 1966Berndt, 1942, 1965;Berndt and Johnston, 1942;G. Gross, 1954 MS;Tindale in Condon, 1955;Condon, 1955;Berndt, 1959;Wurm, 1963;T.…”

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Aboriginal Tribes of Australia. Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits and Proper Names.

Tonkinson¹,

Tindale²

1975

Pacific Affairs

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pursuit of knowledge of the aborigines. Perhaps we are more indebted to M athew s th an we realize, for even those versed in A ustralian literature m ay not have noticed how often his work was absorbed into the writings of A. R. Brown, one of his detractors, in such a m anner as to obscure the fact th a t he was quoting rath er th an reporting prim ary data.O ne of the earlier records of the m ethod of obtaining native m aps from aborigines, using crayons or pencils and sheets of paper, is given by Daisy M. Bates (1913:74). She describes in some detail results of such gatherings from a W adjari tribesm an. U nfortunately, her m aps have not been traced, but her d ata plotted on a large scaled m ap gives a p attern com parable with th at obtained by conventional inquiries in later years. M y own use of the technique, together with draw ings on cerem onial m atters, was independently initiated, in com pany with R obert H. Pulleine, am ong the Iliau ra in 1930, at M acdonald Downs in the N orthern T erritory. T he m ethod was subsequently m uch used by later-com ing m embers of the Expeditions of the U niversity of A delaide.T h e photographic plates are in two series, num bered separately. T h e photographs in color are given in the text as color plate 1 and the black and white reproductions as simply plate 1, and so on. These illustrations have been chosen for the specific purpose of describing the A ustralian tribal situation. M ost of them are referred to in the m ain text; the others app ear as illustrating aspects dealt with in the C atalog of Tribes. It was not considered desirable to place them strictly in the order of their appearance in the text but rath er to group them so th at they would tell their own story. Since this book deals with the ethnographic present in a rapidly changing society, it has been considered desirable to indicate the year, and where relevant the m onth, the photograph was taken.T h e color photographs, with some obvious exceptions, are intended to illustrate some of the ecological settings in which the people of individual tribes live. Such features are best illustrated in color. Most of the photographs used were taken by myself. I am indebted to J. C. LeSouef for access to the drawings of Pangerang aborigines shown in color plates 43-46 and for other inform ation. E. J . S tuart kindly offered the use of his photograph of Sunday Island raft users, plate 3, an d I am indebted to Professor H ans Petri for the use of the photograph of the pearl shell ornam ent shown as plate 73. B. H. S tinnear perm itted the use of two photographs taken on the A. T. W ells Geological Expedition during 1957 at M adaleiri in W estern A ustralia.O n the technical side of the production of this work, I am particularly indebted to the editor, Shirley L. W arren, and for help at all stages from Jam es K ubeck and A lain H enon. Professor W alter G oldschm idt initiated the idea of the publication of the work by the University of C alifornia Press at a tim e when I was a m em ber of the staff of the U nive...

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“…: Taplin, 1879;East, 1889;Helms, 1896;Gillen, 1900, 1904;Mathews, 1900 (Gr. 6448);Bruce, 1902;Parker, 1905;Bates, 1918;Basedow, 1925;Elkin, 1931Elkin, , 1940Siebert, personal comm. 1936;Tindale in Fenner, 1936;Wakerley in Berndt, 1941;Yallop, 1969.…”

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Aboriginal Tribes of Australia. Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits and Proper Names.

Tonkinson¹,

Tindale²

1975

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“…This was also the case north of the Daly River and west of Goulburn Island, where there were no moieties and where phratries were the important element in the social organization. 47 I found, too, in 1930 in north-eastern South Australia, a region of matrilineal moieties (and clans), a substitute for the prohibited cross-cousin marriage, namely, marriage with female cross-cousin's daughter, that is, marriage between succeeding generations. 48 This occurred also in tribes in south-east Australia that had adopted sections from those in their north-east.…”

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Rethinking Anthropology: A Review

Elkin¹

1963

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“…Most social categories to which a person is assigned at birth, on this side of Arnhem Land, come directly or indirectly from his (or her) mother; but in one, the namanamaidj or ngwoja (Maung) or jigurumu (Gunwinggu), he is classified with his father. This has a territorial basis, signifying an association with the father's ancestral country (see A. P. Elkin, R. M. and C. H. Berndt, 1951). There are hundreds of such units, and every western Arnhem Lander, whatever his" tribe," or language, is expected to belong to one.…”

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THE QUEST FOR IDENTITY: THE CASE OF THE AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES¹

Berndt¹

1961

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Social Organization of Arnhem Land

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Aboriginal Tribes of Australia. Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits and Proper Names.

Aboriginal Tribes of Australia. Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits and Proper Names.

Rethinking Anthropology: A Review

THE QUEST FOR IDENTITY: THE CASE OF THE AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES¹

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