Native Tribes of Central Australia (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Native Tribes of Central Australia<br><br>It has been the lot of one of us to spend the greater part of the past twenty years in the centre of the continent and as sub-protector of the Aborigines he has had exceptional opportunities of coming into contact with and of gaining the confidence of the members of the large and important Arunta tribe amongst whom he has lived and of which tribe both of us it may be added are regarded as fully initiated members.<br><br>In the month ofjuly 1894 we met at Alice Springs when the scientific expedition organised by Mr. W. A. Horn of Adelaide visited that part of the continent and it was then that one of us gave to Dr. E. C. Stirling the anthropologist of the expedition notes which have since been published in the anthropological section of the report on the work of the expedition. This report included the results of the informa tion gained up to that time with regard to the Central tribes and in respect to certain points we have to some extent had to traverse the same ground in order to make our account as complete as possible but it was very evident that in regard to the customs and organisation of the tribe we were then only on the threshold of the inquiry and at a subsequent time we determined to carry on the work.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.