Thomson, Donald Fergusson

3 publications

Thomson, Donald Fergusson (detail)
1934The dugong hunters of Cape York.
Jour. Roy. Anthrop. Inst. Great Britain & Ireland 64: 237-263. 9 figs. Pls. 29-31. July-Dec. 1934.
—Detailed description of dugong hunting by the Aboriginal tribes of the eastern Cape York Peninsula, Australia, including their canoes, harpoons and lines, harpooning and butchering techniques, magic, and ritual; a myth of the making of the first dugong harpoon rope; and specialized vocabulary for dugongs and dugong hunting.
Thomson, Donald Fergusson (detail)
1956The fishermen and dugong hunters of Princess Charlotte Bay.
Walkabout 22(11): 33-36. 3 figs. Nov. 1, 1956.
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Thomson, Donald Fergusson (detail)
1985Donald Thomson's mammals and fishes of northern Australia. Edited and annotated by Joan M. Dixon and Linda Huxley.
Melbourne, Thomas Nelson: xi + 210. Tabs. 24 figs. 91 pls. 60 maps.
—Dugong, 15, 17, 156-162, 191, 194, 197, 203.