Mangarrayi Ethnobotany – Aboriginal Plant Use from the Elsey Area NT – Wightman

Mangarrayi Ethnobotany – Aboriginal Plant Use from the Elsey Area NT – Wightman Roberts Williams – Botanical Bulletin 15

Mangarrayi Ethnobotany: Aboriginal Plant Use from the Elsey Area, Northern Australia
Authors: Glenn Wightman, Jessie Garalnganjak Roberts & Lorraine Williams
Series: Northern Territory Botanical Bulletin No. 15
Publisher: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory
Published: 1992
ISBN: 0-7245-2709-5
Format: Softcover, illustrated

A highly important and increasingly scarce ethnobotanical study documenting traditional Mangarrayi plant knowledge from the Elsey region near Mataranka, NT. Includes Indigenous and scientific plant names, food uses, medicines, fibre plants, cultural materials and habitat notes.

Features include:

• Alphabetical listing of plant species & uses

• Mangarrayi names and detailed cultural context

• Vegetation and regional setting

• Line drawings and botanical references

• Comparison of Mangarrayi plant knowledge with other NT groups

These later ethnobotany bulletins (especially 13–16) have become very collectible and rarely appear for sale.

Condition

Very good used condition.
Light surface wear and mild spine rubbing.
Covers clean; interior pages crisp and unmarked.
Binding firm.
(See photos.)

Postage

Packed flat with cardboard protection.
Combined postage available across all NT bulletins.