Preliminary Report on Social Anthropological Fieldwork in the Wyndham-East Kimberley Shire, Kimberley Division, Western Australia, June - November 1968

Abstract

From April 1968 to April 1969 the author had the opportunity of carrying out research on the traditional way of life of the East Kimberley Aborigines of North-Western Australia as well as on the history and present situation of European impact on the Aboriginal population of this area.
The project was facilitated by a Grant for Research of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Canberra, and a Forschungsauftrag der Karl-Marx-Universität, Leipzig, and consisted of two parts:
1. a period of social anthropological fieldwork in the area referred to in the title of this report,
2. a period of library study, particularly in Perth, W.A., prior and subsequent to the fieldwork.