The Customs And Traditions Of The Aboriginal Natives Of North Western Australia

Nonfiction, History, Australia & Oceania, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Customs & Traditions
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Author: John G. Withnell ISBN: 1230000095710
Publisher: AppsPublisher Publication: January 1, 2013
Imprint: Language: English
Author: John G. Withnell
ISBN: 1230000095710
Publisher: AppsPublisher
Publication: January 1, 2013
Imprint:
Language: English

The Customs And Traditions Of The Aboriginal Natives Of North Western Australia
by John G. Withnell

A short amateur ethnography of the Northwestern Aborigines, primarily of historical interest.

The object of this work is to preserve, before civilization has made them obsolete, the traditions and customs of the aboriginal natives of the North-West of Western Australia-particularly those of the Pilbarra district-as accurately as possible, based upon upwards of twenty years' observation. Since the discovery of gold and the consequent influx of population the natives cannot carry out their traditions as they used to do-most of the young men being in the employment of the whites, prefer to imitate them, caring little or nothing for their elders' teachings. So it is merely a matter of time when they will become extinct. It is quite probable that the curse of drink together with the supplanting of black children by mixed races will eventually cause them to die out, for it is reasonable to suppose that few intellectual persons will find companionship in the natives, so they merely gain the evil part of the European element from those who do associate closely with them.

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The Customs And Traditions Of The Aboriginal Natives Of North Western Australia
by John G. Withnell

A short amateur ethnography of the Northwestern Aborigines, primarily of historical interest.

The object of this work is to preserve, before civilization has made them obsolete, the traditions and customs of the aboriginal natives of the North-West of Western Australia-particularly those of the Pilbarra district-as accurately as possible, based upon upwards of twenty years' observation. Since the discovery of gold and the consequent influx of population the natives cannot carry out their traditions as they used to do-most of the young men being in the employment of the whites, prefer to imitate them, caring little or nothing for their elders' teachings. So it is merely a matter of time when they will become extinct. It is quite probable that the curse of drink together with the supplanting of black children by mixed races will eventually cause them to die out, for it is reasonable to suppose that few intellectual persons will find companionship in the natives, so they merely gain the evil part of the European element from those who do associate closely with them.

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