Of Marriage, Violence and Sorcery: The Quest for Power in Northern Queensland

David McKnight

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Contents: Preface History of the Wellesley Islands Marriage: Lardil and Yangkaal: endogamy and exogamy Kaiadilt endogamy and exogamy Violence: Early time fights Baya! Baya! Fight! Fight! Violence in the 1970s Reasons for violence Sorcery: Sorcerers and clever men Spearing in the Bush Recent sorcery cases Some general observations about sorcery All the Puripuri men are dead Appendix: sorcery cases Bibliography Index.

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