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Mutton fish : the surviving culture of Aboriginal people and abalone on the South Coast of New South Wales / Beryl Cruse, Liddy Stewart and Sue Norman.

Title: Mutton fish : the surviving culture of Aboriginal people and abalone on the South Coast of New South Wales / Beryl Cruse, Liddy Stewart and Sue Norman.
Author: Cruse, Beryl
Publication: [Canberra] : Aboriginal Studies Press, c2005.

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Description

viii-xiii, 118 p. : ill., map; 24 cm.

Summary

Abalone is a subsistance food, easy to find and harvest. The coastal environment of NSW has nurtured the aboriginal people for thousands of years. This book explores the relationship and the effects of the coastal resources being progressively restricted by European competition.

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History

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

committed to retain

Contents

Walkun -- A Day on the Beach -- What the Middens Tell Us -- Mutton Fish -- Early Contact -- Land -- Livelihood -- Life on the Beaches -- Abalone -- Put in for a Licence -- Bag Limits -- Court Cases -- The Future

ISBN

0855754826

OCLC

60571116
SCSB-12181917

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