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The Songlines

The Songlines

Bruce Chatwin · 1987 · 335 pages

Aboriginal AustraliansAustralian aborigineDescription and travelJourneysSocial life and customsTravel

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Follow Chatwin on his journey into the 'Red Centre' of Australia. Part autobiography, part story, part history, part anthropology. Teaches us how Aboriginal Australians perceive their landscapes, and negotiate with each other in that vast, nomadic environment.

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