Aboriginal of the Dandenong Mountain

by Muriel McGivern

Printed by Melbourne Printers, 1972, [First Edition], ISBN 0959919309, black and white photographs and illustrations in text, paperback

Good Condition, some edge and shelf wear, some rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, ex-library with sticker residue and stamps to endpapers, age toned pages, staining to bottom corner of text block, tear to last page, small chips and tears to edges of covers, sticker to spine (see photographs)

“This book was written following the many enquiries from people including children concerning the Aborigines whose hunting and cult sites lay about the foothills of the Dandenongs and the Upper Yarra River.  Any known literature does not separate these from the rest of the Wurundjeri but there were variations int eh many groups, and those of the Upper Yarra were the ‘true’ Wurundjeri: they were also one of the fiercest and had an individual dialect.  Unlike northern tribes, they had no need to chant for rain; they did not use the didgeridoo but used clapsticks at festivals and beat drums made of animal skins stretched over the knees.”