Title: THE CONCEPT OF ‘THE TRIBE’ IN THE WESTERN DESERT OF AUSTRALIA.<sup>1</sup>
Abstract: OceaniaVolume 30, Issue 2 p. 81-107 THE CONCEPT OF 'THE TRIBE' IN THE WESTERN DESERT OF AUSTRALIA.† Ronald M. Berndt, Ronald M. BerndtSearch for more papers by this author Ronald M. Berndt, Ronald M. BerndtSearch for more papers by this author First published: December 1959 https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1834-4461.1959.tb00213.xCitations: 70 † 'Western Desert,' for the purpose of this paper, refers to the region which extends across western South Australia into eastern and north-eastern Western Australia, and includes part of the mountainous range country of northern South Australia and Central Australia: part of it is illustrated in maps 1 and 2. In using the term 'desert' I am perpetuating a convention none of this country is actually 'desert' in the narrower sense of the word. 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