Bridge and barrier : the natural and cultural history of Torres Strait / edited by D. Walker.

By: Walker, D
Contributor(s): Australian National University. Research School of Pacific Studies | Torres Strait Symposium (1971: ANU, Canberra)
Language: English Publisher: Canberra : Australian National University, 1972.Description: xviii, 437, xxiip. : maps, tables ; 29cm.
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Contains 16 papers presented at the Torres Strait Symposium sponsored by the Research School of Pacific Studies of the ANU, 6-8 December 1971. - Bibl.: p.407-437. - Partial contents: People. The Torres Strait islanders / J.R. Beckett; Cape York Aborigines and islanders of the Western Torres / D.R. Moore; Torres Strait - a linguistic barrier? / S.A. Wurm; Torres Strait - channel or barrier to human gene flow? / R.L. Kirk; Land connections, sea barriers and the relationship of Australian and New Guinea history / J. Golson.

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