Australia

Name: Australia
Brand: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9780855757175
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William Blandowski's illustrated encyclopaedia of Aboriginal life

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Australia presents the first English publication of William Blandowski's nineteenth-century illustrated encyclopaedia of Aboriginal life. Blandowski, an explorer, natural scientist, and artist, led an 1856-1857 Victorian government expedition to the junction of the Murray and Darling Rivers. This work combines photographs by Blandowski and others, including the sole nineteenth-century portrait of the Nyeri Nyeri people, capturing everyday activities, conflicts, and rituals, offering readers an immersive experience of moments of 'first contact'.
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Format: Hardback

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This book will appeal to readers interested in Australian history, Indigenous cultures, visual anthropology, and nineteenth-century exploration accounts.

William Blandowski was an explorer, natural scientist and artist who led an expedition to the junction of the Murray and Darling Rivers from 1856 to 1857. Australia is the first publication in English of his illustrated encyclopaedia of Aboriginal life. Blandowski explores the potential of images to portray the everyday lives of people.

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William Blandowski was an explorer, natural scientist and artist who led a Victorian government expedition to the junction of the Murray and Darling Rivers from 1856 to 1857. Australia is the first publication in English of his nineteenth-century illustrated encyclopaedia of Aboriginal life, Australien in 142 photographischen Abbildungen nach zehnjarigen Erfahrungen.

In Australia, Blandowski explores the potential of images to portray the lives of people engaged in everyday activities, as well as dramatic conflicts and rituals. They include Blandowski's own photographs, and photographs of sketches or illustrations created by others, including the only nineteenth-century portrait image of the Nyeri Nyeri people.

By reading Australia, we become on-the-spot participants in moments of 'first contact'.

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Nicolas Peterson, professor at Australian National University, praises the book for realising Blandowski's original vision with remarkable scholarship, calling it a "magnificent fruition one hundred and fifty years later."

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780855757175

Publisher: Aboriginal Studies Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 01 September 2010

Country: Australia

Imprint: Aboriginal Studies Press

Illustration: colour illus

Contributors:

Edited by Luise Hercus
Edited by Harry Allen
Edited by Mark Dugay-Grist
Edited by Brook Andrew

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 240.0mm

Height: 290.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 176

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Arts & Culture Education & Reference Non-Fiction

About the Author

Associate Professor Harry Allen teaches in the Department of Anthroplogy at Auckland University, New Zealand. He is a Research Associate at La Trobe University. Victoria.