Archaeology and colonisation : Australia in the world context
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Explores the theme of colonisation through the interaction of its players on the global stage. Thirteen papers look at specific issues arising from Australian sites in the wider context of connections with Britain, Africa, the Orient, the Pacific and the Americas.
Main title:
Archaeology and colonisation : Australia in the world context / edited by Judy Birmingham, Damaris Bairstow, and Andrew Wilson.
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Imprint:
Sydney : Australian Society for Historical Archaeology, 1988
Collation:
204 pages illustrations maps
Notes:
Selected papers from the Seventh Annual Conference of the Australian Society for Historical Archaeology, Sydney, September 1987Also titled Archaeology &colonisation
Contents:
The international perspective. An introduction: colonial perceptions and archaeological contexts / Judy BirminghamThe Cape connection: aspects of African colonisation theory / Deryck SchreuderThe historical context. World systems theory: a theoretical context for Australian historical archaeology / Dennis N. JeansThe Crown and the land: a survey of changing land policy in New South Wales 1788-1856 / Brian H. FletcherHomegrown or imported? Australian popular culture / Richard Waterhouse Archaeological case studies. From Carrington to Goonoo Goonoo: the historical archaeology of the Australian Agricultural Company / Damaris BairstowBeyond the ramparts of the unknown: the historical archaeology of the Van Diemen's Land Company / Tim MurrayDirected for the public stock: the convict work gang system and its sites / Wendy ThorpA failed colonial squire: Sir John Jamison at Regentville / Andrew WilsonThe new Gold Mountain: Chinese trade networks in Northern Australia / Justin McCarthyThe refuse of empire: international perspectives on urban rubbish / Judy BirminghamBurial grounds: kitsch memorials or serious undertakings? / Siobhan Lavelle & Richard MackayWe thought it was fantastic! Concord, Sydney, in the 1920s / Grace Karskens.
ISBN:
0909797153
Dewey class:
994
Language:
English
Subject:
Regentville (House, NSW)Historical archaeology -- AustraliaAustralian Agricultural Company -- HistoryArchaeology -- Regentville (N.S.W.)Van Dieman's Land Company -- HistoryHouses (Architecture) -- Concord (NSW)Headstones -- Australia -- HistoryLand settlement -- Australia -- HistoryConvict labour -- New South Wales -- HistoryChinese -- Australia -- History -- 19th centuryAustralia -- AntiquitiesAfrica -- ColonisationConcord (NSW) -- HistoryAustralia -- Popular culture -- History
BRN:
88156
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research | History Support Collection | 994 ARC | Available |