The memory code : the traditional Aboriginal memory technique that unlocks the secrets of Stonehenge...
The memory code : the traditional Aboriginal memory technique that unlocks the secrets of Stonehenge...
The memory code : the traditional Aboriginal memory technique that unlocks the secrets of Stonehenge, Easter Island and ancient monuments the world over / Lynne Kelly.
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Publisher
Crows Nest, NSW Allen & Unwin, 2016.
Call Numbers
G 2016/1259 , H 2016/1438
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Language
English
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Physical content
xviii, 318 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 24 cm.
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text
still image
cartographic image
Media type
unmediated
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volume
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Publisher
Crows Nest, NSW Allen & Unwin, 2016.
Place of Publication
New South Wales
Date Published
2016.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Australian
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Summary
In the past, the elders had encyclopaedic memories. They could name all the animals and plants across the landscape, and the stars in the sky too. Yet most of us struggle to memorise more than a short poem. Using traditional Aboriginal Australian songlines as the key, Lynne Kelly has identified the powerful memory technique used by indigenous peopl...
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Full title
The memory code : the traditional Aboriginal memory technique that unlocks the secrets of Stonehenge, Easter Island and ancient monuments the world over / Lynne Kelly.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-310) and index.
Mitchell Library copy at H 2016/1438 : Submission for Premier's History Award 2017
Mitchell Library copy at H 2016/1438:Submission for Premier's Literary Award 2017
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©2016
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G 2016/1259 , H 2016/1438
Record Identifier
74VKVpdN8o23
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVpdN8o23
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ISBN
9781760291327
DDC
930.1
MMS ID
991023983818102626
