Managing meaning at an ancient site in the 21st century: The Gummingurru Aboriginal stone arrangement on the Darling Downs, Southern Queensland

Oceania

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 91-108

  Ross, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bora; Meaning; Stone arrangement; Tradition

Indexed keywords

EID: 45149091474     PISSN: 00298077     EISSN: 18344461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1834-4461.2008.tb00030.x     Document Type: Review

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