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Writing heritage : the depiction of indigenous heritage in European-Australian writings / Michael Davis.

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ISBN 1740970012
Author Davis, Michael Barry
Title Writing heritage : the depiction of indigenous heritage in European-Australian writings / Michael Davis.
Publisher and/or associated date/s Kew, Vic. : Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2006.
Description xxi, 379 p., [20] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
Note Includes index.
Bibliography Bibliography: p. 346-361.
Contents Foreword: Professor Mick Dodson AM (vii) – Prologue: National Museum of Australia (ix) – Author’s Acknowledgements (xi) – Introduction (xiii) – Part I (I) To Rescue from Oblivion (3) – Nothing to be Discovered (38) – Just like a civilised artist (69) – Part II Collecting, Recording and Preserving: Art, Stone and Bark (145) – Made to Order: Arnhem Land 1948 (182) – Free from European Influence (202) – Legislation for Preservation (249) – Part III Sacred Sites as Heritage (271) – Writing Heritage as Property (286) – An Inclusive Heritage (291) – Notes (314) – Bibliography (346) – Index (362).
Conditions of access Open online access to book review via National Museum Australia website.
Summary From the late nineteenth century and into the twentieth century, European-Australians were actively recording, documenting and collecting Aboriginal heritage. This book examines how they did this, exploring perceptions of authenticity and innovation in Aboriginal heritage and approaches to ethnographic collecting.
Subjects Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs -- Public opinion
Europeans -- Australia -- Attitudes -- History
Aboriginal Australians in literature
Call number NMA G 2007
NMA 2007 (2 copies)
EDWARDS 809.9335299915 DAV
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A00601358 NMA G 2007
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