{"product_id":"2026600000206-secondhand-the-booandik-tribe-of-south-australian-aborigines-a-sketch-of-their-habits-customs-legends-and-language","title":"The Booandik Tribe Of South Australian Aborigines: A Sketch Of Their Habits, Customs, Legends, And Language","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: Facsimile Edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Very good                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket - cloth\/board in good condition\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good                  \u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Alan Marshall's copy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA foundational work of nineteenth-century ethnography, The Booandik Tribe of South Australian Aborigines: A Sketch of Their Habits, Customs, Legends, and Language chronicles the lifeways of the Buandig people of southeastern South Australia through the firsthand observations of a settler woman who lived among them. Mrs. James Smith presents a detailed account of the tribe's daily habits, social customs, spiritual beliefs, and oral traditions, offering one of the earliest sustained records of this Aboriginal community. The tone is earnest and documentary, reflecting the Victorian impulse to record and classify, while the author's proximity to her subjects lends the work an intimacy rarely found in purely academic treatments of the era. Particularly valuable are the transcriptions of legends and linguistic data, which preserve aspects of Buandig culture that may otherwise have been lost to history. Scholars of Australian Indigenous studies, colonial history, and comparative linguistics will find this volume an indispensable primary source.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48792248418523,"sku":"2026600000206-SECONDHAND","price":120.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/3a386a36-49e2-4916-863e-caf342381a6f.png?v=1779274025","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026600000206-secondhand-the-booandik-tribe-of-south-australian-aborigines-a-sketch-of-their-habits-customs-legends-and-language","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}