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Where the ancestors walked : Australia as an Aboriginal landscape / Philip Clarke.

Where the ancestors walked : Australia as an Aboriginal...

Where the ancestors walked : Australia as an Aboriginal landscape / Philip Clarke.

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Where the ancestors walked : Australia as an Aboriginal landscape / Philip Clarke.

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Full title

Where the ancestors walked : Australia as an Aboriginal landscape / Philip Clarke.

Publisher

Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, c2003.

Call Numbers

T0359163 , 306.08999/19 , 306.08999

Record Identifier

74Vvxw6dqALy

MMS ID

991016619069702626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

xii, 282 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 23 cm.

Contents

Pt. I. Origins of Aboriginal Australia -- 1. First Human Colonisation -- 2. Religious Landscapes -- 3. Social Life -- Pt. II. Materials of Culture -- 4. Hunting and Gathering -- 5. Aboriginal Artefacts -- 6. Art of the Dreaming -- Pt. III. Regional Differences -- 7. Living in a Varied Land -- 8. The...

Publication information

Publisher

Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, c2003.

Place of Publication

New South Wales

Date Published

c2003.

More information

Scope and Contents

Summary

"Philip Clarke paints a remarkable picture of the culture and traditions of Aboriginal Australia. Drawing on research from anthropology, cultural geography and environmental studies as well as his own fieldwork, he explains the diverse ways in which Aboriginal people relate to the land across the continent. Heavily illustrated, Where the Ancestors...

Alternative Titles

Full title

Where the ancestors walked : Australia as an Aboriginal landscape / Philip Clarke.

Authors, Artists and Contributors

Author / Artists

Notes

General note

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-271) and index.

State Reference Library copy: transferred from 306.08999/7.

Audience note

Tertiary/Undergraduate.

Additional physical form availability note

Also published as an electronic book (Etitle) by James Bennett pty. Ltd., in 2003 with ISBN 1741151406.

Contextual Information

Date Copyright

c2003.

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

T0359163 , 306.08999/19 , 306.08999

Record Identifier

74Vvxw6dqALy

Permalink

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vvxw6dqALy

Other Identifiers

ISBN

1741151406 (electronic bk.)

9781741140705 (pbk.)

1741140706 (pbk.)

9781741151404 (electronic bk.)

DDC

306.0899915

MMS ID

991016619069702626

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