Gunyah Goondie + Wurley : the Aboriginal architecture of Australia
Memmott, Paul2007
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Redresses long held and expedient perception developed that Australian Aboriginal people did not have houses or settlements, that they occupied temporary camps, sheltering in makeshift huts or lean-tos of grass and bark.
Main title:
Gunyah Goondie + Wurley : the Aboriginal architecture of Australia / by Paul Memmot
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Imprint:
St Lucia University of Queensland Press 2007
Collation:
412 p. colour illustrations maps
Contents:
Australian indigenous architecture: an overview - Campsite behaviour in arid Australia - Customary camps and lifestyle in the southern Gulf of Carpentaria - The village architecture of the north-east rainforest - Socio-spatial structures of Australian Aboriginal settlements - Mud dome architects of the Lake Eyre Basin - Northern monsoonal architecture - The stone architecture of Aboriginal Australia - Spinifex houses of the western desert - Symbolism and meaning in Aboriginal architecture - Fringe dwellers and town camps - Towards a contemporary Aboriginal architecture
Dewey class:
720.8999 GUN720.8999
Language:
English
BRN:
362785
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research | History Support Collection | 720.8999 GUN | Available |