Collection: Reference

In 231 alphabectically arranged chapters, 226 of the greatest world philosophers of all time, plus 5 of the most influential ancient works of indeterminable authorship. Biographical essays and overviews of representatv-ive works.

18 excerpted writings, speeches, and sacred texts from across the religious spectrum.

Extensive and detailed ethnography of the Yaraldi (a dialect unit of the Kukabrak/Narrinyeri); physical environment; economic geography; population and disease; social composition, territorial organisation and their neighbours; kinship, clan structure and hierarchy; marriage, polygamy and the sta...

For 125 years, or over 44 000 days, the Powerhouse Museum and its precursors have been Sydney's window on the changing world of science, technology and the applied arts.

Brief outline of Aboriginal life at Croker Island; author's involvement with Yirawala; disagreements with Methodist Overseas Missions over control of painting sales; author's journey to visit and film cave paintings with artist; brief overviews of some myths; tour of southern cities with artist i...