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Introduction: Tribal Aboriginal people with a close intimate contact with their country for thousands of years have devised a loose but detailed systems of seasons and seasonal markers which enable them to identify ceremonial periods and to follow hunting sequences with reasonable precision.
These seasons and seasonal markers I (P.M. Stevenson) have followed for more than five years among the Tiwi people of Bathurst and Melville Islands. These islands constitute a landmass of about 8000 sq.km., some 50 km north of Darwin in the Northern Territory and are still the undisputed preserve of the Tiwi tribe who number some 1500 people. The Tiwi still refer to the traditional seasons as they have retained many of the traditional customs and frames of reference.
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