IdentifierREF-00090832Content WarningThis item may include images and/or names of deceased people, which may cause distress and sadness to First Nations peoples. This item may also include content and language, which reflects the attitudes of the historical period in which it was created, and which may be considered discriminatory, insensitive, outdated and/or offensive in today’s context. The item is preserved without alteration as historical evidence.Date1951Decade1950sCreator/ContributorRM BerndtDescription
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A typed manuscript of RM Berndt's 'Love Songs of Arnhem Land'. This was first published as 'Love Songs of Arnhem Land', Melbourne, Thomas Nelson, 1976, 244 pp. This work details song cycles of Aboriginal groups in North-East Arnhem Land.
References
Berndt, Ronald M. (Ronald Murray) (1976). Love songs of Arnhem land / Ronald M. Berndt. [West Melbourne, Vic.] : T. Nelson https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn957463 Accessed 16/07/2024
'Love Songs of Arnhem Land' by RM Berndt (1951), [REF-00090832]. University of Sydney Archives, accessed 17/06/2025, https://archives-search.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/143804
