Part 1: Rock Art and Daily Life

Table of Contents

Introduction

Contributions to the Ethnography of the Australians

Mutilations and other customs of Australian natives; their dwellings, utensils, and daily life

Piercing of the nasal septum

Extraction of teeth

Amputation of phalanges

Mumbirbirri or scar drawing

Dried hands as amulets

Canoes

Rafts

Camps and dwellings

Body painting

Corroborees

Games and entertainment

Weapons

Utensils

Fire-making

Cooking

Clothing and adornments

Trading

Rock Carvings and Paintings by the Australian Aborigines

Discussion

Plan of some Drawings carved or painted on Rock by the Natives of New South Wales, Australia