Item #75401 Kamilaroi and Kurnai. Group-Marriage and Relationship, and Marriage by Elopement, drawn chiefly from the usage of the Australian Aborigines. Also the Kurnai Tribe - their Customs in Peace and War. Lorimer FISON, A W. HOWITT.
Kamilaroi and Kurnai. Group-Marriage and Relationship, and Marriage by Elopement, drawn chiefly from the usage of the Australian Aborigines. Also the Kurnai Tribe - their Customs in Peace and War

Kamilaroi and Kurnai. Group-Marriage and Relationship, and Marriage by Elopement, drawn chiefly from the usage of the Australian Aborigines. Also the Kurnai Tribe - their Customs in Peace and War

Melbourne, George Robertson, 1880.

Octavo, [viii], 372 pages with numerous genealogical tables plus a two-colour folding map frontispiece.

Cloth slightly rubbed at the extremities; spine moderately flecked, with minimal flecking elsewhere; top and leading edges slightly marked; minimal signs of age and use; overall, an excellent copy, uncut and entirely unopened.

A foundational work of Australian anthropology, concentrating on the Gunai / Kurnai people of Gippsland and the Gamilaraay of New South Wales and southern Queensland.

Item #75401

Price (AUD): $800.00

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