New Releases by Jeremy Beckett

Jeremy Beckett is the author of Rock Art in the Torres Straits Islands (1963), Seven Kala Lagau 1a Stories Dictated by Ailan Mast, Weipa Solomon, Luna Neliman, Badu 1959 [Kalau Lagau Ya/English] (1959), Further notes on the social organisation of the Wongaibon of Western New South Wales (1959), Papers of Jeremy Beckett (1957), Aborigines, Alcohol, and Assimilation (1948).

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Rock Art in the Torres Straits Islands

Rock Art in the Torres Straits Islands
Cave paintings found on Moa, Badu, and Dauan islands in 1959.

Seven Kala Lagau 1a Stories Dictated by Ailan Mast, Weipa Solomon, Luna Neliman, Badu 1959 [Kalau Lagau Ya/English]

Seven Kala Lagau 1a Stories Dictated by Ailan Mast, Weipa Solomon, Luna Neliman, Badu 1959 [Kalau Lagau Ya/English]
Inter-linear texts from Badu and New Guinea.

Further notes on the social organisation of the Wongaibon of Western New South Wales

Further notes on the social organisation of the Wongaibon of Western New South Wales
Study of Bilargerul, a local grouping of Wongaibon tribe; Mentions locations of Wiradjeri, Weilman, Ngeumba tribes Genealogy showing section totemic clans; Kinship terms, marriage systems, matrilineal descent, use of section systems, etc.; Comparisons with studies done by Radcliffe-Brown.

Aborigines, Alcohol, and Assimilation

Aborigines, Alcohol, and Assimilation
Based on field work in 1957 in far western N.S.W. rural communities (not identified); investigation of the genesis and pattern of Aborigines illicit drinking in N.S.W., problems created by prohibition, social importance of drinking.

Miriam Land Tenure

Miriam Land Tenure
Overview of land ownership on Murray Island, land use, gardens, rules of inheritance, land disputes and resolutions and the Murray Island Court Book.
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