Gunyah, Goondie and Wurley : the Aboriginal architecture of Australia / Paul Memmott.
Gunyah, Goondie and Wurley : the Aboriginal architecture of Australia / Paul Memmott.
Gunyah, Goondie and Wurley : the Aboriginal architecture of Australia / Paul Memmott.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
St Lucia, Qld. : University of Queensland Press, 2007.
Date
2007.
Call Numbers
Q720.89991/1
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xx, 412 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 32 cm.
Contents
1. Australian Indigenous Architecture: An Overview -- 2. Campsite Behaviour in Arid Australia -- 3. Customary Camps and Lifestyle in the Southern Gulf of Carpentaria -- 4. The Village Architecture of the North-East Rainforest -- 5. Socio-Spatial Structures of Australian Aboriginal Settlements -- 6....
Publication information
Publisher
St Lucia, Qld. : University of Queensland Press, 2007.
Place of Publication
Queensland
Date Published
2007.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"When Europeans first reached Australian shores, a long-held and expedient perception developed that Australian Aboriginal people did not have houses or settlements, that they occupied temporary camps, sheltering in makeshift huts or lean-tos of grass and bark. This book redresses that notion, exploring the range and complexity of Aboriginal-desi...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Gunyah, Goondie and Wurley : the Aboriginal architecture of Australia / Paul Memmott.
Other title
Gunyah, Goondie plus Wurley.
Gunyah, Goondie & Wurley.
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Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 366-396.
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Call Numbers
Q720.89991/1
Record Identifier
74VK3XNXQ8Ld
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK3XNXQ8Ld
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ISBN
0702232459 (hbk.)
9780702232459 (hbk.)
DDC
720.899915
MMS ID
991023798759702626
