Strangers on the shore [[electronic resource] ] : early coastal contacts in Australia / / edited by Peter Veth, Peter Sutton and Margo Neale

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910461411603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Canberra, A.C.T., : National Museum of Australia Press, 2008
• ISBN: 1-921953-03-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (221 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): VethPeter Marius; SuttonPeter <1946->; NealeMargo
• Disciplina: 994.01
• Soggetti: First contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners - Australia; Aboriginal Australians - History; Aboriginal Australians - Social conditions; Cultural relations; Intercultural communication; Acculturation - Australia; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; 1. Introduction and themes; 2. Strangers and servants of the company; 3. Stories about feeling; 4. 'Strange strangers'; 5. 'Out-of-country'; 6. Rock art and cross-cultural interaction in Sydney; 7. French strangers on Tasmanian shores; 8. European-Indigenous contactat shore-based whaling sites; 9. Harvesting the memory; 10. The mark of marvellous ideas; 11. Pre-Macassans at Dholtji?; 12. Looking for the residents of Terra Australis; 13. The encounter between Captain Cookand Indigenous people at Botany Bay in 1770 reconsidered; 14. The conciliation of strangers; 15. The Australian Contact Shipwrecks ProgramReferences; Untitled
• Sommario/riassunto: "Contacts between Indigenous Australians and outsiders - Macassans, Portuguese, Dutch, English, French, Americans and others - are known to have occurred for 400 years. This book explores these diverse, subtle, dynamic and volatile first encounters from Indigenous and non-; Indigenous perspectives. It also looks at the myriad elements of these cross-cultural exchanges, which resulted in profound outcomes for the First Australians. Strangers on the Shore: A Conference on Early Coastal Contacts with Australia was a landmark conference held at the National Museum of Australia on 30-31 March 2006"--Provided by publisher.