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1 1 y separately published work icon Before the Invasion : Aboriginal Life to 1788 Colin Burke , Mudrooroo , Isobel White , Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1980 Z844718 1980 single work non-fiction

An overview of traditional Aboriginal life, describing Aboriginal clothing, houses, weapons, tools and canoes. Also describes families, clans, sex roles, attitudes to children and the old, and the religious world-view of Aborigines which determined the rhythm of their life and underlay their laws, art and music.
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