This ferral Australis! : how terra Australis (a utopian terra nullius) became Ferral Australis (a dy...
This ferral Australis! : how terra Australis (a utopian terra nullius) became Ferral Australis (a dystopian terra numbskullius!) / by Mr John Hinds, Esq.
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
Fairfield, Vic John Hinds, 2014.
Call Numbers
HF 2015/37
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
14 plates (concertina folded) : illustrations, facsimiles ; 3.33 m x 36 cm (concertina folded to 36 x 25.5 cm), covered with a canvas jacket.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Publication information
Publisher
Fairfield, Vic John Hinds, 2014.
Place of Publication
Victoria
Date Published
2014.
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Summary
A concertina-bound artist's book, light-hearted in tone, which toys with ideas of feraI-ness (or ferality) in Australia, with sections covering animals, humans, and the climate. Images of the skulls of four examples of introduced domestic animals (horse, cat, dog, and pig) are overprinted on facsimiles of an early colonial newspaper. The human fera...
Alternative Titles
Full title
This ferral Australis! : how terra Australis (a utopian terra nullius) became Ferral Australis (a dystopian terra numbskullius!) / by Mr John Hinds, Esq.
Other title
This ferral Australis! : how terra Australis became Ferral Australis.
This feral Australis!
This terra Australis!
Alternative title at foot of title page: or ... An: ironic meta-narrative on the pluralist hybridity of the hegemonic colonialistic simulacra, referencing the semiotic intertextuality of a paradigmic Shakespearean narratology. : A hyper-critical poststructuralist pastiche on the metaphysical extraction of urine!...
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
On the cover and title page the 'f' and 'l' of 'Ferral' are superimposed in red on the black-printed word 'Terra.'
Mitchell Library copy is no. 7/10; artist's catalogue no. H/14/005. Plywood boards, covered with printed raw canvas, with a wrap and tie made from the same material. The book as issued is enclosed with a red wax seal....
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
HF 2015/37
Record Identifier
74VKOZPavvzd
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKOZPavvzd
Other Identifiers
DDC
702.81
MMS ID
991022372719702626