| No. | Page | |
| 1. | Map of Australia showing geographical distribution of tribes | 4 |
| 2. | Peculiar “hand-like” feet of Berringin tribesman | 11 |
| 3. | Berringin women netting fish | 130 |
| 4. | Two Arunndta carvings of scenes in a dagger-duel | 172 |
| 5. | Types of spears | 191 |
| 6. | Sacred sun-design of the “Ilpalinja” ceremony | 266 |
| 7. | Stone phallus, Northern Kimberleys, Western Australia | 284 |
| 8. | Ochre drawing of “Kukadja” men, north of Wickham River, Northern Territory | 286 |
| 9. | Charcoal drawing of a Kukadja man named “Mongarrapungja” dancing at a sacred fire with an ancestral female, Pigeon Hole, Victoria River | 293 |
| 10. | Rock carvings at Port Hedland | 300 |
| 11. | Rock carvings at Port Hedland | 301 |
| 12. | Rock carvings at Port Hedland | 301 |
| 13. | Sketch of reconstructed manus of Diprotodon compared with tracing of carving of supposed Diprotodon track at Yunta | 307 |
| 14. | Carved grave posts of Melville and Bathurst Islanders | 310 |
| 15. | Ochre drawing, Glenelg River, Western Australia | 312 |
| 16. | Carved crocodile design on boabab nut, Derby district, Western Australia | 313 |
| 17. | “Dangorra,” the great emu in the southern sky | 315 |
| 18. | Boomerang with a number of emu designs carved upon it, Pidunga tribe, Broome | 317 |
| 19. | Charcoal sketch of crows, Pigeon Hole, Victoria River | 319 |
| 20. | Pipe-clay cave-drawings of dancing figures, Humbert River, Northern Territory | 320 |
| 21. | Charcoal drawing of hopping kangaroos, Pigeon Hole, Victoria River | 321 |
| 22. | Bark-drawing depicting an eagle-hawk clawing and tearing the carcass of a wallaby, Port Darwin | 323 |
| 23. | Pipe-clay drawing of man and dogs, Humbert River | 324 |
| 24. | Charcoal sketch of native hunting buffalo, Pigeon Hole, Victoria River | 325 |
| 25. | Charcoal sketch of native spearing kangaroo, Pigeon Hole, Victoria River | 326 |
| 26. | Carving depicting a quarrel between a man and his gin, Arunndta tribe | 328 |
| 27. | Ochre-drawing of spear-boomerang duel, Arunndta tribe | 330 |
| 28. | Charcoal sketch of ceremonial dance, Pigeon Hole, Victoria River | 332 |
| 29. | Remarkable cave drawing, Glenelg River, N.W. Australia | 333 |
| 30. | Pictograph of lizard, natural and conventional form | 334 |
| 31. | Normal, conventional, and emblematic representations of turtle | 335 |
| 32. | Normal, conventional, and emblematic representations of frog | 335 |
| 33. | Normal, conventional, and emblematic representations of echidna | 336 |
| 34. | Conventionalized “Ladjia” or yam tjuringa pattern | 337 |
| 35. | A dog track | 338 |
| 36. | A kangaroo track | 338 |
| 37. | A rabbit track | 339 |
| 38. | Emu tracks | 339 |
| 39. | Pictographic representation of nesting emu | 340 |
| 40. | A lizard track | 340 |
| 41. | A snake or snake track | 341 |
| 42. | Human foot-prints and trail | 342 |
| 43. | “A man is tracking a rabbit.” Simple example of pictography | 344 |
| 44. | Pictographic representation of emu hunt | 344 |
| 45. | Flying fox pattern | 345 |
| 46. | Conventional representation of hopping kangaroo | 346 |
| 47. | Crossed boomerangs, the symbolic representation of a fight | 347 |
| 48. | Witchedy grub tjuringa, Arunndta tribe | 348 |
| 49. | Symbolic pictograph of kangaroo tjuringa, Arunndta tribe | 349 |
| 50. | Symbolic pictograph of caterpillar tjuringa, Arunndta tribe | 350 |
| 51. | Symbolic drawing of “native-pear totem,” Arunndta tribe | 351 |
| 52. | Ochre drawing and tree-carving of man with shield, Humbert River | 352 |
| 53. | Human chain-pattern | 353 |
| 54. | Camps consisting of a man and his wife, and of eight men | 353 |
| 55. | Anthropomorphous designs, carved on spear-throwers | 354 |
| 56. | Anthropomorphous design, carved on pearl-shell, Sunday Island | 355 |
| 57. | Sign language of Arunndta tribe | 391 |
About This Book
The book compiles extensive field observations from numerous expeditions across central and northern Australia into a systematic account of Indigenous peoples, combining physical and anthropological description with accounts of tribal organization, initiation rites, and religious beliefs. It examines ancestor worship, phallic and totemic cults, and the role of tjuringa and other ritual objects, and considers the evolution of artistic techniques and designs. Illustrated with many plates and field notes, the study maps regional variations in cults and material culture and discusses research methods and museum comparisons.