A collection of Aboriginal folk tales of the Narran, or the Noongahburrah tribe, collected during the colonial period in 1895, by a colonist who wanted to preserve the folk tales of his Aborginal neighbors, not only for interested whites, but for the later generations of the Noongahburrah tribe.
A collection of Aboriginal folk tales of the Narran, or the Noongahburrah tribe, collected during the colonial period in 1895, by a colonist who wante...
No introduction to Mrs. Langloh Parker's book can be more than that superfluous 'bush' which, according to the proverb, good wine does not need. Our knowledge of the life, manners, and customary laws of many Australian tribes has, in recent years, been vastly increased by the admirable works of Mr. Howitt, and of Messrs. Spencer and Gillen. But Mrs. Parker treats of a tribe which, hitherto, has hardly been mentioned by anthropologists, and she has had unexampled opportunities of study.
No introduction to Mrs. Langloh Parker's book can be more than that superfluous 'bush' which, according to the proverb, good wine does not need. Our k...
