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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781935503321

Autore

Jones Philip <1955->

Titolo

Ochre and rust : artefacts [sic] and encounters on Australian frontiers / / Philip Jones

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Kent Town, S. Aust., : Wakefield Press, 2011, c2008

ISBN

1-74305-033-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (449 pages)

Disciplina

994.02

Soggetti

Aboriginal Australians - Antiquities

Aboriginal Australians - Implements

Frontier and pioneer life - Australia

Australia Antiquities

Australia Race relations History

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 (p. 379-408) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE Master Blackburn , s whip; CHAPTER TWO Broken shields; CHAPTER THREE Turning to metal; CHAPTER FOUR Spearing Bennett; CHAPTER FIVE Drilling for fire; CHAPTER SIX Unearthing the toas; CHAPTER SEVEN The magic garb of Daisy Bates; CHAPTER EIGHT Namatjira and the Jesus plaque; CHAPTER NINE That special property; NOTES; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; LOCALITIES INDEX; GENERAL INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Ochre and Rust takes nine Aboriginal and colonial artefacts from their museum shelves, and positions them at the centre of these gripping, poignant tales set in the heart of Australia's frontier zone.