Tasting the waters: Discriminating identities in the waters of Blue Mud Bay

Journal of Material Culture

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 67-85

  Morphy, Howard ^a   Morphy, Frances ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal art; Blue Mud Bay; Kinship and marriage; Maps; Native title; Sea rights, Yolngu

Indexed keywords

LANDOWNERSHIP;

ARNHEM LAND; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BLUE MUD BAY; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

EID: 33646434828     PISSN: 13591835     EISSN: 14603586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359183506063012     Document Type: Article

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