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Central and Northern Australia

Central and Northern Australian Aboriginal traditions, including Spencer and Gillen's Central Australian study and Baldwin Spencer's Northern Territory record.

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Native Tribes of the Northern Territory of Australia — Baldwin SpencerA comprehensive ethnography of Aboriginal tribes of Northern Australia, particularly the Kakadu and Melville Island peoples, documenting their social organization, initiation rites, totemic systems, traditions of the great ancestor Imberombera, and material cultureThe Native Tribes of Central Australia — Spencer and GillenA foundational anthropological study of the Arunta and neighboring tribes of central Australia, documenting their complex ritual systems, kinship organization, totemic beliefs, initiation ceremonies, and Alcheringa (Dreamtime) traditions