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Ronald M. Berndt Ronald M. Berndt i(A21681 works by) (a.k.a. Ronald Murray Berndt)
Born: Established: 1916 ; Died: Ceased: 1990
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

Ronald M. Berndt was the husband of Catherine Berndt . He was Foundation Professor in Anthropology at the University of Western Australia.

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y separately published work icon A World That Was : The Yaraldi of the Murray River and the Lakes, South Australia. Carlton : Melbourne University Press Miegunyah Press , 1993 Z190969 1993 anthology short story poetry

'This extraordinary book, written from material gathered over half a century ago, will almost certainly be the last fine-grained account of traditional Aboriginal life in settled south-eastern Australia. It recreates the world of the Yaraldi group of the Kukabrak or Narrinyeri people of the Lower Murray and Lakes region of South Australia.

In 1939 Albert Karloan, a Yaraldi man, urged Ronald Berndt to record the story of his people. Karloan and Pinkie Mack, a Yaraldi woman, possessed through personal experience, not merely through hearsay, an all but complete knowledge of traditional life. They were virtually the last custodians of that knowledge and they felt the burden of their unique situation. This book represents their concerted efforts to pass on their story to future generations.

A World That Was encompasses relations between and among individuals and clan groups, land tenure, kinship, the subsistence economy, trade, ceremony, councils, fighting and warfare, rites of passage from conception to death, myths and beliefs and practices concerning healing and the supernatural. Not least, it is a record of the dramatic changes following European colonization.'

Source: UBC Press website http://www.ubcpress.ubc.ca/index.html (Sighted: 24/01/2011)

1994 winner Stanner Award
y separately published work icon A World That Was : The Yaraldi of the Murray River and the Lakes, South Australia. Carlton : Melbourne University Press Miegunyah Press , 1993 Z190969 1993 anthology short story poetry

'This extraordinary book, written from material gathered over half a century ago, will almost certainly be the last fine-grained account of traditional Aboriginal life in settled south-eastern Australia. It recreates the world of the Yaraldi group of the Kukabrak or Narrinyeri people of the Lower Murray and Lakes region of South Australia.

In 1939 Albert Karloan, a Yaraldi man, urged Ronald Berndt to record the story of his people. Karloan and Pinkie Mack, a Yaraldi woman, possessed through personal experience, not merely through hearsay, an all but complete knowledge of traditional life. They were virtually the last custodians of that knowledge and they felt the burden of their unique situation. This book represents their concerted efforts to pass on their story to future generations.

A World That Was encompasses relations between and among individuals and clan groups, land tenure, kinship, the subsistence economy, trade, ceremony, councils, fighting and warfare, rites of passage from conception to death, myths and beliefs and practices concerning healing and the supernatural. Not least, it is a record of the dramatic changes following European colonization.'

Source: UBC Press website http://www.ubcpress.ubc.ca/index.html (Sighted: 24/01/2011)

1994 winner Stanner Award
y separately published work icon The Australian Aboriginal Heritage : An Introduction Through the Arts Sydney : Australian Society for Education Through the Arts Ure Smith , 1973 Z1181405 1973 single work non-fiction
— Appears in: Aboriginal News , April vol. 1 no. 6 1974; (p. 9-15)
1974 special commendation National Book Council Award for Australian Literature
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