{"product_id":"australia-9780855757175","title":"Australia","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWilliam 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. \u003cem\u003eAustralia\u003c\/em\u003e is the first publication in English of his nineteenth-century illustrated encyclopaedia of Aboriginal life, \u003cem\u003eAustralien in 142 photographischen Abbildungen nach zehnjarigen Erfahrungen\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eAustralia\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBy reading \u003cem\u003eAustralia\u003c\/em\u003e, we become on-the-spot participants in moments of 'first contact'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47595736072428,"sku":"9780855757175","price":168.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780855757175-australia.jpg?v=1777905275","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/australia-9780855757175","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}