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journal journal of the of the Royal Royal Society Society of Western of Western Australia, Australia, 80(3), 80:173-179, September 1997. 1997. Aboriginal people and granite domes P R Bindon Department of Anthropology, W A Museum, Francis Street, Perth WA 6000. present address: 38 Mont Street, Yass NSW 2582. Abstract granite domes provided Aboriginal people living on the surrounding plains with a variety of economic products. granite domes also acted as focal points for the activities of ancestral heroes who journeyed throughout the landscape. Aboriginal religious practice includes ritual dramas which replicate the activities of these ancestral heroes at such sites. Surface geology therefore determines both the economic practices and religious activities undertaken by Aboriginal people within their territories.
174 Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, 80(3), September 1997 to 10 metres with a diameter up to two metres (Serventy 1973). Maintenance of …
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