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Punthamara
The Punthamara were an indigenous Australian people of the state of Queensland. Country According to Norman Tindale, the Punthamara's tribal territories embraced roughly , along the creeks flowing east of the Grey Range, whose western flank they lived about only as far as Mount Margaret and Congie. They were also present at Tobermorey, on the border with the present-day Northern Territory. Running north from Orient and Thargomindah, their lands approached the vicinity of Quilpie. History of contact Punthamara lands and those of many other neighbouring tribes were pegged out and squatted by Patrick Durack, who took on several members of the tribe to serve him. Ethnography The early ethnographer R. H. Mathews argued that the Punthamara were just one tribal group in a larger entity, which he called Wonkamurra Nation, consisting also of the Wongkumara, Kalali, Yandruwandha and Yauraworka. However, Tindale viewed the concept of such artificial supratribal "nations" with skepti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalali People
The Galali or Kalali were an indigenous Australian people of the state of Queensland. Language Garlali is now extinct, but some outlines of the language were written out by Nils Holmer, Maryalyce McDonald and Stephen Wurm. The Garlali spoke two languages, the Bulloo River language and the Wilson River language, both shared with other peoples. Country According to an estimate by Norman Tindale Kalali tribal territory stretched over some . Proceeding west from Eulo to Thargomindah Thargomindah (frequently shortened to Thargo) is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Bulloo, Queensland, Australia. The town of Thargomindah is the administrative centre for the Shire of Bulloo. In the , the locality of Thargomindah h ... and the Bulloo River, and upstream as far as Norley. Their southern extension went as far as, Clyde, Orient and Currawinya. The descendants of the Kalali speakers mostly live in Brisbane, Cherbourg (the old Aboriginal Mission), and small New South Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tobermorey
Tobermorey Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in the Central Australia, Alice Springs region of the Northern Territory. Tobermorey is on the western edge of Punthamara territory Location The property is situated approximately east of Alpurrurulam, Northern Territory, Alpurrurulam in the Northern Territory and west of Mount Isa in Queensland. The property is bounded to the north by Manners Creek Station, to the west by Marqua Station, to the west and south by Atnetye Aboriginal Land Trust and to the east by the Queensland border. Several watercourses flow through the property including Field River, Manners Creek Station, Manners Creek and Marqua Creek. The Plenty Highway passes through the northern end of the station near to the homestead (buildings), homestead. Description Capable of carrying approximately 15,000 head of cattle, Tobermorey occupies an area of ; it is approximately in length and wide. The southern portion of Tobermorey is red so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wongkumara
The Wanggumara, also spelt Wangkumara, Wongkumara, Wangkumarra, and other variants, are an Aboriginal people of the state of Queensland, Australia. Language Old Wankumara, spoken along the Bulloo River with the Kalali people, was a " Karna–Mari fringe" language that died out with the passing of its last speakers in the late 20th century. "Modern" Wankumara, spoken along the Wilson River, is a Karnic language, which according to Breen (1967) was identical to the speech of other peoples speaking the Wilson River language. The disambiguator "modern" simply refers to the fact that the Wanggumara people continued speaking that language more recently than the other. Country According to Norman Tindale, the Wanggumara lands covered some , stretching over Cooper Creek east of Nappa Merrie and Orientos to the area around the ephemeral Wilson River at Nockatunga. Writing in 1886, F. W. Myles described their neighbouring tribes as follows: The names of the tribes which adjoin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yauraworka
The Yawarrawarrka (also written Yawarawarka, Jauraworka) were an in Indigenous people of South Australia. Country According to the calculations of Norman Tindale the Yauraworka's tribal lands encompassed some , running north of Cooper Creek to Haddon Downs and taking in Cordillo Downs and Cadelga. Their eastern extension penetrated the sandhills east of Goyder Lagoon, running up to roughly Arrabury. Their southeasterly frontier was close to Innamincka, though the Ngurawola The Ngurawola were an Aboriginal Australian people of the state of Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most p ... also claimed this area. Alternative names * ''Jauroworka,, Yarrawaurka, Yarrawurka'' * ''Yauroka'' * ''Yauarawaka, Yarroworka'' * ''Jaurorka, Yaurorka, Yarawuarka'' * ''Yerawaka, Yowerawoolka, Yowerawarrika'' Some words * ''mulla'' (tame dog) * ''anya'' (fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Philosophical Society
The American Philosophical Society (APS) is an American scholarly organization and learned society founded in 1743 in Philadelphia that promotes knowledge in the humanities and natural sciences through research, professional meetings, publications, source text, library resources, and community outreach. It was founded by the polymath Benjamin Franklin and is considered the first learned society founded in what became the United States.Philosophical Hall, the society's headquarters and a museum, is located just east of Independence Hall in Independence National Historical Park. In 1965, in recognition of the building's history, it was designated a National Historic Landmark. The society has about 1,000 elected members. As of April 2020, 5,710 members had been inducted since its creation. Through research grants, published journals, the American Philosophical Society Museum, an extensive library, and regular meetings, the society supports a variety of disciplines in the humanitie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macmillan Publishers
Macmillan Publishers (occasionally known as the Macmillan Group; formally Macmillan Publishers Ltd in the United Kingdom and Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC in the United States) is a British publishing company traditionally considered to be one of the Big Five (publishers), "Big Five" English language publishers (along with Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group USA, Hachette, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster). Founded in London in 1843 by Scottish brothers Daniel MacMillan, Daniel and Alexander MacMillan (publisher), Alexander MacMillan, the firm soon established itself as a leading publisher in Britain. It published two of the best-known works of Victorian-era children's literature, Lewis Carroll's ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (1865) and Rudyard Kipling's ''The Jungle Book'' (1894). Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Harold Macmillan, grandson of co-founder Daniel, was chairman of the company from 1964 until his death in December 1986. Since 1999, Macmi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quarterly Essay
''Quarterly Essay'', founded in 2001, is an Australian periodical published by Black Inc., concentrating primarily on Australian politics in a broad sense. Printed in a book-like page size and using a single-column format, each issue features a single extended essay of at least 20,000 words, with an introduction by the editor, and correspondence relating to essays in previous issues. In early 2004 founding editor Peter Craven was sacked by the magazine's owner, property developer Morry Schwartz Morris Zoltan Schwartz AM (; born 1948) is an Australian publisher, formerly a property developer, based in Melbourne. He is the owner of Schwartz Publishing, the publisher of the influential '' Quarterly Essay'', ''The Monthly'', and ''The S ..., over a dispute about the joint authorship of one essay, and, more widely, the magazine's future direction. Schwartz stated that while he had a vision of the magazine as more "political and Australian" whereas Craven was perhaps "more bro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corgi Books
Transworld is a British publishing house in Ealing, London that is a division of Penguin Random House, one of the world's largest mass media groups. It was established in 1950 as the British division of American company Bantam Books. It publishes fiction and nonfiction titles by various best-selling authors including Val Wood under several different imprints. Hardbacks are published under the Doubleday imprint, whereas paperbacks are published under the Black Swan or Corgi imprint. The Bantam Press imprint publishes both Hardbacks and Prestige softcovers. Terry Pratchett First Novel Award Transworld sponsors the Terry Pratchett First Novel Award for unpublished science-fiction novels. See also * List of largest UK book publishers This is a list of largest UK trade book publishers, with some of their principal imprint (trade name), imprints, ranked by sales value. List According to Nielsen BookScan as of 2010 the largest book publishers of the United Kingdom were: # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kings In Grass Castles
''Kings in Grass Castles'' is a 1959 book of history by Dame Mary Durack (1913–1994). The book is considered a classic of Australian literature. It is the story of Durack's pioneering family establishing its pastoral interests in the Australian outback during the 19th century and concerns the life and times of Durack's grandfather Patrick Durack, an Irish immigrant who became a leader of the overlanders who brought their cattle on hoof to south west Queensland and then later to the tropical north of Western Australia. The book was notable for its portrayal of the role of women and families in the pastoral industry and collaboration and respect between the pastoralists and local Aboriginal peoples. Durack published a sequel, '' Sons in the Saddle'', in 1983. TV miniseries ''Kings in Grass Castles'' was made into a TV miniseries in 1998. Cast * Ritchie Singer as Sam Emmanuel * Ernie Dingo as Jimmy * Essie Davis as Mary Costello * David Ngoombujarra as Burrakin * Stephen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taproot
A taproot is a large, central, and dominant root from which other roots sprout laterally. Typically a taproot is somewhat straight and very thick, is tapering in shape, and grows directly downward. In some plants, such as the carrot, the taproot is a storage organ so well developed that it has been cultivated as a vegetable. The taproot system contrasts with the adventitious- or fibrous-root system of plants with many branched roots, but many plants that grow a taproot during germination go on to develop branching root structures, although some that rely on the main root for storage may retain the dominant taproot for centuries—for example, ''Welwitschia''. Description Dicots, one of the two divisions of flowering plants (angiosperms), start with a taproot, which is one main root forming from the enlarging radicle of the seed. The tap root can be persistent throughout the life of the plant but is most often replaced later in the plant's development by a fibrous root system. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Purslane
Purslane is a common name for several mostly unrelated plants with edible leaves and may refer to: * Portulacaceae, a family of succulent flowering plants, and especially: ** '' Portulaca oleracea'', a species of ''Portulaca'' eaten as a leaf vegetable, known as summer purslane ** '' Portulaca grandiflora'', moss rose, or moss-rose purslane * '' Claytonia perfoliata'', miner's lettuce or winter purslane * '' Claytonia sibirica'', pink purslane * '' Halimione portulacoides'', sea purslane * '' Sesuvium portulacastrum'', shoreline purslane * '' Honckenya peploides'', also called sea purslane * '' Portulacaria afra'', purslane tree {{Plant common name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subincision
Penile subincision is a form of genital modification or mutilation consisting of a urethrotomy, in which the underside of the penis is incised and the urethra slit open lengthwise, from the urethral opening (meatus) toward the base. The slit can be of varying lengths. Subincision was traditionally performed around the world, notably in Australia, but also in Africa, South America and the Polynesian and Melanesian cultures of the Pacific, often as a coming of age ritual. Disadvantages include the risks inherent in the procedure itself, which is often self-performed, and increased susceptibility to sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The ability to impregnate (specifically, getting sperm into the vagina) may also be decreased. Subincisions can greatly affect urination, often resulting in hypospadias requiring the subincised male to sit or squat while urinating. The scrotum can be pulled up against the open urethra to quasi-complete the tube and allow an approximation to no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
