Clever man : the life of Paddy Compass Namadbara / as told by Big Bill Neidjie ; compiled by Ian White.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Neidjie, Bill, 1913?-2002, author.

White, Ian, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aboriginal Australians--Medicine.

Aboriginal Australians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (108 pages) : illustrations, map

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory : Aboriginal Studies Press, [2020]

Summary:

Clever Man: The Life of Paddy Compass Namadbara offers a unique perspective on the life and making of this Aboriginal Western Arnhem clever man or marrkidjbu.

Contents:

Endorsements

Title page

Imprint page - copyright information

Contents

List of Illustrations

Preface

The tellers of the story - the main accounts

A note on the rendering of Aboriginal English

Map: locations and area mentioned in the text

Introduction

Making of a Clever Man - Acquiring the Power

The sugarbag event

Speaking with the yumbarrbarr

The Power of the Marrkidjbu

Kumula: Giving purpose for that job

Healing - defeating namorrorddo

Healing himself

Removing 'sickness objects'

Healing - Balanda accounts

Sorcery

Manifestations of Power

Water divining

Namadbara and nature

Clever knowledge

The world of the dead

Namadbara's reputation

Kumula and the Wider Community

Dreams and visions

'Marrkidjbu - but stronger and something else'

Making leaders for the community

Controlling the power of Ngalyod, the Rainbow Serpent

Passing on the Power

Namadbara's 'power objects'

'He gave me this gift'

'This power, too hard'

His Death - and After

Namadbara's post-death influence

Namadbara's Legacy

Afterword

Acknowledgements

Paddy Compass Namadbara: A Putative Timeline

Glossary

Endnotes.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-925302-24-5

OCLC:

1204137930