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The Australian Aborigines, How to Understand Them

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A classic volume by an anthropologist who spent many years in the outback among Aboriginal tribes still living tribal lifestyles.

349 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1938

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October 1, 2012
Contains information about tribal life and customs in Arnhem Land, the coastal islands and Central Australia. The book is detailed and at times dryly academic, but contains a wealth of knowledge concerning the Aborigines at a time when they were hardly yet assimilated into non-tribal lifestyles.
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