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Where the Ancestors Walked: Australia as an Aboriginal Landscape

By Philip Clarke

Book information

Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Year
2003
ISBN
1741140706, 9781741140705
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1472425 bytes)
Pages
282\296
Time added
2020-03-11 02:05:43

Description

This work delves into the exciting story of one of the oldest continuous civilizations on earth. Beginning with the complexities of early human colonization and continuing through later European resettlement, the history of Australia's native people is told in a wide-ranging and sympathetic fashion. Drawing on research from anthropology, cultural geography, and environmental studies, the intricate and changing ways in which aborigines and white settlers have related to each other is discussed and the origins of aboriginal art, medicine, and music are chronicled. Title page Contents Preface Acknowledgments Part I Origins of Aboriginal Australia 1 First Human Colonisation 2 Religious Landscapes 3 Social Life Part II Materials of Culture 4 Hunting and Gathering 5 Aboriginal Artefacts 6 Art of the Dreaming Part III Regional Differences 7 Living in a Varied Land 8 The South 9 The Central Deserts 10 Beyond Capricorn Part IV Cultural Change 11 Northern Contacts 12 Arrival of Europeans 13 Aboriginal Australia Transformed 14 Changing Cultural Landscapes Notes References Index

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