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This book delves into the history and origins of Queensland's Kabi and Wakka tribes, focusing on their culture, traditions, and way of life in the 19th century. The author, a respected anthropologist with firsthand experience, challenges previous theories on the origins of the Australian aboriginal people. The book proposes a hybrid origin theory, suggesting that the original inhabitants were a curly-haired Papuan race similar to the Tasmanians, who were later displaced by straight-haired people from the north, resulting in the hybrid racial makeup of the present-day Australian aboriginal population. The author provides linguistic, cultural, and physical evidence to support this theory, offering a deeper understanding of the complex origins of the Australian aboriginal people and their rich cultural heritage.
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Two Representative Tribes of Queensland (1910) is a pioneering study of the culture of the Kabi and Wakka Australian Aboriginal tribes by the amateur anthropologist John Mathew. The book's detailed discussion of Aboriginal customs, social behaviour and language was influential in its time and is still highly regarded today.
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book delves into the history and origins of Queensland's Kabi and Wakka tribes, focusing on their culture, traditions, and way of life in the 19th century. The author, a respected anthropologist with firsthand experience, challenges previous theories on the origins of the Australian aboriginal people. The book proposes a hybrid origin theory, suggesting that the original inhabitants were a curly-haired Papuan race similar to the Tasmanians, who were later displaced by straight-haired people from the north, resulting in the hybrid racial makeup of the present-day Australian aboriginal population. The author provides linguistic, cultural, and physical evidence to support this theory, offering a deeper understanding of the complex origins of the Australian aboriginal people and their rich cultural heritage. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9781330488669_0
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