Background
Berndt, Ronald Murray was born on July 14, 1916 in Adelaide, Australia. Son of Alfred Henry Berndt.
(First published in 1964 and this fifth edition published ...)
First published in 1964 and this fifth edition published in 1988, The World of the First Australians is a classic in the field of Australian Aboriginal Studies. As well as being a comprehensive reference book, covering a wide range of the many traditional societies and cultures that have existed on the Australian continent, it draws together the threads of Aboriginal belief and practice in general terms. This book brings together some of the material from over 40 years of the authors' anthropological research and fieldwork among Aborigines in many parts of Australia, supplemented with comprehensive statements from other sources. It concentrates on the past and present traditional life of Aboriginal Australians, and the tremendous changes that have overtaken them. The authors cover aspects such as social organisation, economic adaptation, relationship to land an dits resources, growing up and getting married, religious belief, myth and ritual, forms of sorcery and magic, law and order, oral literature and visual art.
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(The Djanggawul religious cult is the focus for this study...)
The Djanggawul religious cult is the focus for this study because it is more important to the Aborigines themselves than other religious cults in the north-eastern region of Arnhem land. The book includes chapters on the following: · Significance of the Djanggawul · The Djanggawul Myth and Content of the Myth · The Djanggawul Songs · The Djanggawul Song Cycle: Parts 1 The book includes an extensive glossary and index. First published in 1952.
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From the cover: "Aboriginal Australian Art is a thoughtful and authoritative consideration of the place of Aboriginal art within its own traditional settings, and the contribution of such art, not only to the Aboriginal heritage, but also to the cultural heritage of the wider Australian society. The book does not merely illustrate the diversity of paintings, drawings, and carvings. It encourages the reader towards a greater appreciation and understanding of what the Aborigines have achieved."
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From front flap: "This book does not merely illustrate the diversity of paintings, drawings, and carvings but encourages the reader towards a greater appreciation and understanding of what the Aborigines have achieved...an underlying theme of the book is the resilience of Aboriginal art and its continuing survival set against a changing environment". Includes 153 plates.
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The 195 stories collected in this first anthology of Aboriginal myth were told to anthropologists Ronald and Catherine Berndt, who spent nearly fifty years working among the Aboriginal peoples of Australia. The Berndts developed a system of field research that allowed them entrance into a culture that has been alive for more than 100,000 years: Ronald Berndt met with male storytellers, while Catherine met with the women. The myths they collected come from the oldest collective memory of humankind, describing characters and events of the "Dreamtime"--a time that existed before the material world was formed. The Speaking Land touches on all aspects of life: creation, natural forces, social rules, and the exotic. Stark, tinged with fantasy, sometimes bizarre, the myths chronicle the actions of the Ancestors, portraying not only beauty and wonder but also scenes of conflict: treachery and theft, jealousy and lust, greed and antagonism, injury and death. The lessons of life implicit in these stories are still reflected in the simplicity and deep spirituality of this culture. In all of the myths collected here the land is as important as the living characters who travel it. In the Dreamtime creation, mythic, shape-changing characters moved across the countryside, leaving part of their eternal spiritual qualities in the land. Eventually, these characters and forces retreated into the living environment, where they remain today, spiritually anchored. The land still speaks to us, and The Speaking Land will help us understand its language.
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Berndt, Ronald Murray was born on July 14, 1916 in Adelaide, Australia. Son of Alfred Henry Berndt.
He attended high school at Pulteney Grammar School. He graduated from the University of Sydney in 1951 with a Bachelor of Arts, following up with a Master of Arts in 1954. He was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy for a thesis based on his anthropological work in New Guinea.
Berndt was an early advocate for legal recognition and protection of Aboriginal sacred sites, and clashed in 1980 with the Liberal premier Sir Charles Court over the Noonkanbah dispute in the Kimberley region. His interest was much broader than any one specific location or event, and he was focused on the national dimensions of the land rights issue. The collected essays in honour of the Berndts in 1990 showed the breadth of the influence of their teaching and writings, with essays by a wide spectrum of anthropologists of their time, including Claude Levi-Strauss and Raymond Firth.
The Berndts were avid collectors, and their collection was bequeathed to the University of Western Australia and exists as the Berndt Museum of Anthropology.
(From the cover: "Aboriginal Australian Art is a thoughtfu...)
(From front flap: "This book does not merely illustrate th...)
(The 195 stories collected in this first anthology of Abor...)
(The Djanggawul religious cult is the focus for this study...)
(The Djanggawul religious cult is the focus for this study...)
(First published in 1964 and this fifth edition published ...)
(The speaking land is an anthology of almost 200 myth from...)
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(A guide to aboriginal art.)
Fellow American Anthropological Association (foreign), Royal Anthropological Society Great Britain and Ireland (honorary), Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (vice president anthropology section 1959, 61, president 1962), Academy Social Sciences Australia. Member Association Social Anthropologists (member British branch, president Australian branch 1962-1964), Royal Society Western Australia (medal 1979), Anthropological Society New South Wales, Anthropological Society Western Australia (honorary life., chairman, president 1959, 60, vice president 1961, medal 1983), Australian Institute Aboriginal Studies (member advisory pnael social anthropology since 1961, member interim committee 1962-1964, member council from 1964).
Married Catherine Berndt, April 1941.