SENSITIVE CONTENT Local and Social Organisation of the Bard. The Kimberley, Western Australia. [Bardi, Karajarri, and Yawuru]

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This item relates to the following Language Groups: Bardi, Karajarri, and Yawuru.

The material comprises 4 bundles of research notes and transcripts; 51 handwritten and typescript pages in lead pencil/ink, entitled 'Local and Social Organisation of the Bard Tribe (Pender Bay to Cunningham Point & North to Swan Point)'. 

Elkin, AP. "Social Organization in the Kimberley Division” Oceania 2, no. 3 (1932): 296–333. http://www.jstor.org/stable/27976150 Accessed 21/11/2023 Elkin, AP. “The Rainbow-Serpent Myth in North-West Australia.” Oceania 1, no. 3 (1930): 349–52. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40327333 Accessed 21/11/2023