Stone Bird Hunting Hides of the Victoria River District of Australia's Northern Territory

Date and Time: 
Thursday, 5 May, 2011 - 22:50 to 23:10
Author(s): 
Gosford, Robert A. Ethnoornithology Research & Study Group

In the Victoria River district of the Northern Territory local Aboriginal groups have long constructed stone hides to hunt a variety of hawks and kites. In this presentation I will discuss the construction, use and distribution of these hunting hides and present material from several interviews with Bill Yidumduma Harney, an elder of the Wardaman language group.