While my book focuses on the story of white settlement in Central Australia, this can not be understood without almost constant awareness of the first inhabitants, the Aborigines. It is here that anthropological research is so vital in clarifying the differences between Aboriginal and European concepts of the land… ¶ In 1983 Tim Rowse concluded in his article ‘Liberalising the Frontier’ the Central Australia was part of Australia’s least successful colonised political unit, the Northern Territory, and one that contains two very different civilisations based on land use and economic organisation. This book selectively examines certain aspects of those civilisations that are more fully assessed when material evidence is known and understood. ...
This essay examines the complex geographical, economic and political motivations that have resulted ...
Ideas and expectations about colonial space and the making and remaking of real places lie at the he...
Indigenous curricula content, including particular narratives of Australian colonial history are hig...
This historical submission relies heavily on European evidence in primary source form. No serious r...
The discipline of archaeology in Australia has largely been divided along the lines of ‘prehistoric ...
Many changes have occurred in Aboriginal history in the last twenty years. There have been sharp cha...
About the book: The original papers collected in this pioneering volume address the historical archa...
Australia: A Cultural History, first published in 1988, is still the only short history of Australia...
'Modern Frontier' is a study of Australia's Northern Territory in the 1950s using an interdisciplina...
The essays in this book are focussed on the northern and central outback regions of Australia. They ...
About the book: Description : An exploration of the history and heritage of the New England region o...
The history of frontier contact between white settlers and Aborigines in Australia used to be glosse...
This book resulted from a research project intended to revisit historical, spatially diverse and now...
Patterns of movement and occupation were developed over millennia by the Aborigines of far southeast...
While it is certainly the case that Indigenous Australians have suffered the consequences of being t...
This essay examines the complex geographical, economic and political motivations that have resulted ...
Ideas and expectations about colonial space and the making and remaking of real places lie at the he...
Indigenous curricula content, including particular narratives of Australian colonial history are hig...
This historical submission relies heavily on European evidence in primary source form. No serious r...
The discipline of archaeology in Australia has largely been divided along the lines of ‘prehistoric ...
Many changes have occurred in Aboriginal history in the last twenty years. There have been sharp cha...
About the book: The original papers collected in this pioneering volume address the historical archa...
Australia: A Cultural History, first published in 1988, is still the only short history of Australia...
'Modern Frontier' is a study of Australia's Northern Territory in the 1950s using an interdisciplina...
The essays in this book are focussed on the northern and central outback regions of Australia. They ...
About the book: Description : An exploration of the history and heritage of the New England region o...
The history of frontier contact between white settlers and Aborigines in Australia used to be glosse...
This book resulted from a research project intended to revisit historical, spatially diverse and now...
Patterns of movement and occupation were developed over millennia by the Aborigines of far southeast...
While it is certainly the case that Indigenous Australians have suffered the consequences of being t...
This essay examines the complex geographical, economic and political motivations that have resulted ...
Ideas and expectations about colonial space and the making and remaking of real places lie at the he...
Indigenous curricula content, including particular narratives of Australian colonial history are hig...