A Dictionary Of Australian Folklore

Author : Bill Wannan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Reference
ISBN : UOM:39015019358806

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A Dictionary of Australian Folklore by Bill Wannan Pdf

"... Comprehensive collection of Australian lore, legends, traditions, ballads and popular sayings ... It is more than an anthology. It is the first attempt to systematically collect and annotate the whole field of Australian traditional folklore. Documentary source material has been supplied wherever it exists and this, together with oral and personal contributions, provides a rich source of reference material. The book is illustrated throughout and contains many rare contemporary prints and photographs. It is a mine of information and reference material for the student, writer or browsing reader. An assemblage of: legends, ballads, folk heroes, eccentrics, ghosts, country cures and remedies, bush cooking, toasts, bush jingles, sobriquets, mythical beasts and birds, familiar quotations, lost reefs and buried treasure, popular allusions, dreams, omens and prophecies, place names." -- Inside front cover.

Author : Bill Wannan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Australia
ISBN : OCLC:1039386895

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A Dictionary of Australian Folklore by Bill Wannan Pdf

Author : Bill Wannan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Australia
ISBN : OCLC:1236103683

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Australian Folklore by Bill Wannan Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:838089894

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Australian Folklore by Anonim Pdf

Author : Mudrooroo
Publisher : ETT Imprint
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781925706345

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Aboriginal Mythology by Mudrooroo Pdf

Aboriginals believe they have lived in Australia since the Dreamtime, the beginning of all creation, and archaeological evidence shows the land has been inhabited for tens of thousands of years. Over this time, Aboriginal culture has grown a rich variety of mythologies in hundreds of different languages. Their unifying feature is a shared belief that the whole universe is alive, that we belong to the land and must care for it. This was the first book to collate and explain the many fascinating elements of Aboriginal culture: the song circles and stories, artefacts, landmarks, characters and customs.

Author : Mitchell Rolls,Murray Johnson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781538134351

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Historical Dictionary of Australian Aborigines by Mitchell Rolls,Murray Johnson Pdf

The Aboriginal Australians first arrived on the continent at least 60,000 years ago, occupying and adapting to a range of environmental conditions—from tropical estuarine habitats, densely forested regions, open plains, and arid desert country to cold, mountainous, and often wet and snowy high country. Cultures adapted according to the different conditions and adapted again to environmental changes brought about by rising sea levels at the end of the last ice age. European colonization of the island continent in 1788 not only introduced diseases to which Aborigines had no immunity but also began an enduring and at times violent conflict over land and resources. Reconciliation between Aborigines and the settler population remains unresolved. This second edition of the Historical Dictionary of Australian Aborigines contains a chronology, an introduction, an extensive bibliography, and more than 300 cross-referenced entries on the politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture of the Aborigines. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the indigenous people of Australia.

Author : Gwenda Davey,Graham Seal
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Social Science
ISBN : IND:30000087937904

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A Guide to Australian Folklore by Gwenda Davey,Graham Seal Pdf

An alphabetically arranged list of terms, allusions, characters, events and places that constitutes the folklore of Australia, past and present.

Author : Gwenda Davey,Graham Seal
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Reference
ISBN : UOM:49015002859768

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The Oxford Companion to Australian Folklore by Gwenda Davey,Graham Seal Pdf

One of the best ways to ascertain a nation's character is to examine its informal or unofficial culture - its folklore. Australians' sense of nationality is defined not merely in relation to the places they inhabit and the careers they pursue, but also via the slang and languages they speak, the jokes and yarns they exchange, the objects they make, the way they behave towards one another, and the games they play. As Australia approaches the centenary of Federation, it is timely that questions should be asked about the nature of the Australian identity in a changing, urbanized, multicultural society. The Oxford Companion to Australian Folklore addresses these questions and illustrates the range and importance of Australia's folkloric heritage. Some of Australia's best-known writers, folklorists and academics have contributed articles to the Companion. Entries range from the descriptive (Gumleaf playing) to the analytical (Popular culture and folklore); from country halls to graffiti to archival preservation of audio tapes; from the bunyip to rebetika (Greek blues); from chain letters to patchwork quilts and Wagga rugs. Also included are biographies of notables in the folklore field, and short entries on myths and heroes such as Ned Kelly, Henry Lawson, 'The Wild Colonial Boy' and 'The Dog on the Tucker Box'. Many entries contain references for those wishing to read further on a particular topic, and an appendix supplies bibliographic guidance for researchers. Until recently, Australia was one of the few countries in the world that tended to disregard the collection, preservation, study and recognition of its folk heritage and its contemporary folklore. As well as being an invaluablereference for students, families and cultural historians, The Oxford Companion to Australian Folklore is a milestone in the scholarship of Australian folklore.

Author : Gwenda Davey,Graham Seal
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Social Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114381358

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A Guide to Australian Folklore by Gwenda Davey,Graham Seal Pdf

An alphabetically arranged list of terms, allusions, characters, events and places that constitutes the folklore of Australia, past and present.

Author : Bill Beatty
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Australia
ISBN : 1921276053

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Australian Folklore by Bill Beatty Pdf

Author : David S. Hults
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Reference
ISBN : IND:30000056890290

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A Bibliography of Australian Folklore, 1790 to 1990 by David S. Hults Pdf

Contains only publications culled from Ferguson and the Australian national bibliography (and it predecessors).

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Australia
ISBN : IND:30000107480505

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Australian Folklore by Anonim Pdf

Author : Graham Seal
Publisher : Univ. of Queensland Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 0702234478

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Inventing Anzac by Graham Seal Pdf

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Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Folklore
ISBN : 0730205622

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Treasury of Australian Folklore by Anonim Pdf

Author : Pam Peters,Peter Collins,Adam Smith
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2009-07-29
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027289407

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Comparative Studies in Australian and New Zealand English by Pam Peters,Peter Collins,Adam Smith Pdf

This anthology brings together fresh corpus-based research by international scholars. It contrasts southern and northern hemisphere usage on variable elements of morphology and syntax. The nineteen invited papers include topics such as irregular verb parts, pronouns, modal and quasimodal verbs, the perfect tense, the progressive aspect, and mandative subjunctives. Lexicogrammatical elements are discussed: light verbs (e.g. have a look), informal quantifiers (e.g. heaps of), no-collocations, concord with government and other group nouns, alternative verb complementation (as with help, prevent), zero complementizers and connective adverbs (e.g. however). Selected information-structuring devices are analyzed, e.g. there is/are, like as a discourse marker, final but as a turn-taking device, and swearwords. Australian and New Zealand use of hypocoristics and changes in gendered expressions are also analyzed. The two varieties pattern together in some cases, in others they diverge: Australian English is usually more committed to colloquial variants in speech and writing. The book demonstrates linguistic endonormativity in these two southern hemisphere Englishes.