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Aboriginal Sydney : a guide to important places of the past and present / Melinda Hinkson ; photogra...

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Aboriginal Sydney : a guide to important places of the past and present / Melinda Hinkson ; photogra...

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Aboriginal Sydney : a guide to important places of the past and present / Melinda Hinkson ; photography Alana Harris.

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Full title

Aboriginal Sydney : a guide to important places of the past and present / Melinda Hinkson ; photography Alana Harris.

Author / Creator

Publisher

Canberra : Aboriginal Studies Press, 2001.

Date

2001.

Call Numbers

919.441/100 , H 2014/4062

Record Identifier

74VvkDkdw0VO

MMS ID

991013763709702626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

xxvi, 174 p. : col. ill., col maps ; 24 cm.

Contents

16 Midden, Reef Beach Canoes -- 17 Engravings, Grotto Point Smallpox Bungaree and the 'Native Farm' -- 18 Rock shelter, Balmoral Beach Whales The spearing of Governor Phillip -- 19 Burial site, Bennelong Park, Putney -- .North of Sydney Sites 20--24 - KU-Ring --Gai Chase National Park Sites 20--23...

29 Memorial to Aboriginal burials, Camperdown Cemetery Laying to rest a dark side of colonial history -- 30 Engravings, Bondi Golf Course - South of Sydney Sites 31--38 - Botany Bay National Park, Kurnell Sites 31--33 -- 31 Captain Cook's landing place -- 32 Aboriginal living areas, Inscription Poin...

44 The Blacktown Native Institution site -- The Native Institution and Macquarie's c̀ivilising' experiment -- 45 Colebee and Nurragingy land grant site Plumpton Ridge silcrete quarry Aboriginal trade routes -- 46 St Bartholemew's Cemetery, Prospect -- 47 Muru Mittigar Cultural Centre, Cranebrook -...

The Central Business District Sites 1--11 -- 1 Tank Stream public artworks Sydney's first water supply -- 2 Bennelong Point, the Sydney Opera House Bennelong -- 3 Cadi Jam Ora display, Royal Botanic Gardens Initiation ceremonies at Farm Cove, Aboriginal plant use -- 4 Yiribana Gallery, Art Gallery...

Publication information

Publisher

Canberra : Aboriginal Studies Press, 2001.

Place of Publication

Australian Capital Territory

Date Published

2001.

Access and use

Access Conditions

Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies 2001.

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Scope and Contents

Summary

Both a guide book and an alternative social history told through 50 places of significance to Sydney's indigenous people. The sites, and their accompanying stories and photographs, evoke Sydney's ancient past and celebrate the living Aboriginal culture of the present.

Alternative Titles

Full title

Aboriginal Sydney : a guide to important places of the past and present / Melinda Hinkson ; photography Alana Harris.

Notes

General note

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 166-169.

Mitchell Library copy at H 2014/4062: Part of the Faith Bandler Collection. Faith Bandler signature on cover.

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Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

919.441/100 , H 2014/4062

Record Identifier

74VvkDkdw0VO

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvkDkdw0VO

Other Identifiers

ISBN

0855753706 (pbk.)

9780855753702

0855753706

9780855753702 (pbk.)

DDC

919.44100899915

919.441047

MMS ID

991013763709702626

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