A Study of the Languages of Torres Straits, with Vocabularies and Grammatical Notes

A Study of the Languages of Torres Straits, with Vocabularies and Grammatical Notes
Author: Sidney Herbert Ray
Publisher:
Total Pages: 166
Release: 1893
Genre: Papuan languages
ISBN:

Comparison to show relations between Papuans and Australians; Miriam, Saibai, Daudai; divisions of Saibai = Kauralaig (Prince of Wales and Moa), Gumulaig (Badu and Mabuiag), Sabailaig (Saibai, Dauan and Boigu) and Kulkalaig (Nagir, Tud, Masig); Mirriam = Murray Island (Mer, Waier and Dauan), Erub and Ugar; comparative vocabulary of English, Miriam and Daudai; sketch of Miriam grammar, lengthy vocabulary, texts with translations.

Cambridge and the Torres Strait

Cambridge and the Torres Strait
Author: Anita Herle
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 278
Release: 1998-09-24
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780521584616

Centenary volume of the Torres Strait Expedition suggesting new ways of looking at its work.

The Ethnography of the Western Tribe of Torres Straits

The Ethnography of the Western Tribe of Torres Straits
Author: Alfred Cort Haddon
Publisher:
Total Pages: 320
Release: 1890
Genre: Ethnology
ISBN:

Part I, p.297-387; Location of Kowraregas, Muralegas, Italegas, Badulegas, Gumulegas, Kulkalegas, Massilegas; arithmetic, counting; diseases and native remedies; plant foods, cooking; cannibalism; narcotics; crime and punishment; trade in canoes; sexual relations; religious beliefs, soul, future life, spirits, ancestral cults, fetishism, superstitions, magic and divination; government, leaders; weapons, bows and arrows, javelin and throwing stick, stone and wooden clubs; laws of real property, inheritance; punishments; etiquette for meeting, hospitality; totemic food taboos, speech restrictions; Trade 1) intra - insular, 2) with Daudai, 3) with Cape York; exchange values; war and fighting (brief versions of myths given); hunting and fishing; agriculture; social relationships, marriage, widows, abortion and infanticide; education, games and amusements, dancing (masks, body decorations); body painting and scarification, hair dressing, ornaments; cranial deformation; painting (pigments, brushes); music and musical instruments, gives 4 line song set to music with separate free translation (Thursday Island), words of 4 songs (two from Mabuiag with free translation, two from Muralug in English only); navigation, canoes; fire, string making; p.388-437; Part II, deals with each island separately - Saibai, Dauan, Boigu, Mabuiag, Badu, Tud, Yam, Nagir, Waraber, Masig, Damut, Moa, Muralug; plates show cicatrice patterns, headdress, bow and arrows; map shows native names, English names given in separate list.

Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy

Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1002
Release: 1893
Genre: Astronomy
ISBN:

Includes also Minutes of [the] Proceedings, and Report of [the] President and Council for the year, separately published 1965/66- as its Annual report.

Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy

Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy
Author: Royal Irish Academy
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1010
Release: 1893
Genre: Engineering
ISBN:

Includes also Minutes of [the] Proceedings, and Report of [the] President and Council for the year (beginning 1965/66 called Annual report)