A Child's First Catch
Fishing is highly significant in Meriam culture.
A child's first catch is celebrated by a feast in his or her honour.
Fishing is highly significant in Meriam culture.
A child's first catch is celebrated by a feast in his or her honour.
- The Story Of Malo
- Mer, Waier & Dauar
- Origins
- Gelam
- Meriam Mir
- Seafarers & Food Growers
- Farming The Sea
- A Child's First Catch
- Sea Totems
- Listening To The Sea
- Gift Exchange
- A Meriam Calendar, Ancient & Modern
- The Eight Clans
- Property & Inheritance
- Boundaries & Markers
- Defending Territories & Making Peace
- Land Disputes
- The Sea That Belongs To The Land
- Malo-Bomai
- Sacred Order
- The Laws Of Malo
- Myths & Legends
- Performance, Art & The Sacred
- Pearl Fishers & Their Times
- The Coming Of The Light
- Government Authority
- Murray Island Council
- Murray Island School
- Cambridge Anthropological Expedition
- The Age Of Paternalism
- Striking Back
- Customs Old & New
- The Second World War
- Personal Supervision
- Inside & Outside
- Land Bilong Islanders: Mabo
- In Meriam Waters
- Ancient & Modern Ways
- Something Deep Within Us