Indigenous Australia : enduring civilisation
Sculthorpe, Gaye2015
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Published to accompany the first major UK exhibition on indigenous Australia, this groundbreaking new publication explores the profound impact and legacy of colonialism. The nature of collecting and the changing meaning of objects now in the collection of the British Museum are revealed through contributions from key experts and indigenous peoples and colonists were complex and nuanced, and contemporary Australian society is still dealing with this legacy, trying to transform or reconcile different worldviews.
Main title:
Indigenous Australia : enduring civilisation / by Gaye Sculthorpe, John Carty, Howard Morphy, Maria Nugent, Ian Coates, Lissant Bolton, Jonathan Jones.
Author:
Imprint:
London : British Museum Press Canberra ACT : National Museum of Australia Press, 2015.©2015.
Collation:
272 pages : chiefly colour illustrations ; 26 cm.
Notes:
Published to accompany the exhibition of works from the collection of the British Museum and held at the British Museum, London, 23 April - 2 August 2015, and at the National Museum of Australia, 26 November - 28 March 2016.Organised with the National Museum of Australia.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
ForewordsIntroduction / Gaye Sculthorpe, Lissant Bolton and Ian Coates1. Understanding country / Howard Morphy and John CartyKimberley spear points / John CartyFibrecraft / Lissant BoltonA symphony of lines : reading south-east shields / Jonathan JonesPainting country / John Carty2. Encounters in country / Maria Nugent`Everything after Cook was between all of us' / Maria NugentWilliam Barak, Coranderrk and the arts of diplomacy / Maria Nugent`Let us hear no more of Pigeon' : violence in the Kimberley / Ian CoatesThe Carrolup children's drawings / Ian Coates3. Out of country / Gaye Sculthorpe4. Drawing on country / Gaye Sculthorpe.
ISBN:
9781921953231
Dewey class:
704.03
Language:
English
Subject:
British Museum -- ExhibitionsAboriginal Australians -- ExhibitionsTorres Strait Islanders -- ExhibitionsArt, Aboriginal Australian -- England -- ExhibitionsArt, Torres Strait Islander -- England -- ExhibitionsAboriginal Australians in art -- ExhibitionsAboriginal Australians -- Material culture -- ExhibitionsAboriginal Australians -- First contact with Europeans -- ExhibitionsAboriginal Australians -- Colonisation -- Exhibitions
BRN:
315729
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Reference | 704.03 IND | Not for loan (Set: 06 Nov 2019) |