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The Songlines

by Bruce Chatwin

Aboriginal AustraliansAustralian aborigineDescription and travelJourneysSocial life and customsTravelanthropologyethnography

Follow Chatwin on his journey into the 'Red Centre' of Australia. Part autobiography, part story, part history, part anthropology. Teaches us how Aboriginal Australians perceive their landscapes, and negotiate with each other in that vast, nomadic environment.

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Book data: Open Library