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Life at Bathurst Island Mission
Walkabout • 5 (8) • Published In 1939 • Pages: 12-19
By: Barclay, Arthur.
Abstract
This article is an account of an Australian journalist's visit to the Mission of the Sacred Heart station on Melville and Bathurst Islands. The major emphasis is on the activities of the missionaries with some reference to the reaction of the natives. Sketchy data are included on Tiwi dress, toilet, weapons, dances, 'wars', status of women and their concepts and treatment of illness. The description refers primarily to the 'Christianized', semi-acculturated Tiwi living on mission grounds.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2009
- Region
- Oceania
- Sub Region
- Australia
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Journalist
- Document Rating
- 3: Good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent
- Analyst
- Amal Vinogradov ; 1964
- Field Date
- ca. 1939
- Coverage Date
- 1938-1939
- Coverage Place
- Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia
- Notes
- Arthur Barclay
- LCCN
- 51032418
- LCSH
- Tiwi (Australian people)