LIST OF FIGURES IN THE TEXT
Reading edition
No. Page
1. Map of Australia showing geographical distribution of tribes 4
2. Peculiar “hand-like” feet of Berringin tribesman 11
3. Berringin women netting fish 130
4. Two Arunndta carvings of scenes in a dagger-duel 172
5. Types of spears 191
6. Sacred sun-design of the “Ilpalinja” ceremony 266
7. Stone phallus, Northern Kimberleys, Western Australia 284
8. Ochre drawing of “Kukadja” men, north of Wickham River, Northern Territory 286
9. Charcoal drawing of a Kukadja man named “Mongarrapungja” dancing at a sacred fire with an ancestral female, Pigeon Hole, Victoria River 293
10. Rock carvings at Port Hedland 300
11. Rock carvings at Port Hedland 301
12. Rock carvings at Port Hedland 301
13. Sketch of reconstructed manus of Diprotodon compared with tracing of carving of supposed Diprotodon track at Yunta 307
14. Carved grave posts of Melville and Bathurst Islanders 310
15. Ochre drawing, Glenelg River, Western Australia 312
16. Carved crocodile design on boabab nut, Derby district, Western Australia 313
17. “Dangorra,” the great emu in the southern sky 315
18. Boomerang with a number of emu designs carved upon it, Pidunga tribe, Broome 317
19. Charcoal sketch of crows, Pigeon Hole, Victoria River 319
20. Pipe-clay cave-drawings of dancing figures, Humbert River, Northern Territory 320
21. Charcoal drawing of hopping kangaroos, Pigeon Hole, Victoria River 321
22. Bark-drawing depicting an eagle-hawk clawing and tearing the carcass of a wallaby, Port Darwin 323
23. Pipe-clay drawing of man and dogs, Humbert River 324
24. Charcoal sketch of native hunting buffalo, Pigeon Hole, Victoria River 325
25. Charcoal sketch of native spearing kangaroo, Pigeon Hole, Victoria River 326
26. Carving depicting a quarrel between a man and his gin, Arunndta tribe 328
27. Ochre-drawing of spear-boomerang duel, Arunndta tribe 330
28. Charcoal sketch of ceremonial dance, Pigeon Hole, Victoria River 332
29. Remarkable cave drawing, Glenelg River, N.W. Australia 333
30. Pictograph of lizard, natural and conventional form 334
31. Normal, conventional, and emblematic representations of turtle 335
32. Normal, conventional, and emblematic representations of frog 335
33. Normal, conventional, and emblematic representations of echidna 336
34. Conventionalized “Ladjia” or yam tjuringa pattern 337
35. A dog track 338
36. A kangaroo track 338
37. A rabbit track 339
38. Emu tracks 339
39. Pictographic representation of nesting emu 340
40. A lizard track 340
41. A snake or snake track 341
42. Human foot-prints and trail 342
43. “A man is tracking a rabbit.” Simple example of pictography 344
44. Pictographic representation of emu hunt 344
45. Flying fox pattern 345
46. Conventional representation of hopping kangaroo 346
47. Crossed boomerangs, the symbolic representation of a fight 347
48. Witchedy grub tjuringa, Arunndta tribe 348
49. Symbolic pictograph of kangaroo tjuringa, Arunndta tribe 349
50. Symbolic pictograph of caterpillar tjuringa, Arunndta tribe 350
51. Symbolic drawing of “native-pear totem,” Arunndta tribe 351
52. Ochre drawing and tree-carving of man with shield, Humbert River 352
53. Human chain-pattern 353
54. Camps consisting of a man and his wife, and of eight men 353
55. Anthropomorphous designs, carved on spear-throwers 354
56. Anthropomorphous design, carved on pearl-shell, Sunday Island 355
57. Sign language of Arunndta tribe 391