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Birrpai : beyond the lens of Thomas Dick / John Heath.

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9780992393922
Author	Heath, John, 1951- (author.)
Title	Birrpai : beyond the lens of Thomas Dick / John Heath.
Publisher and/or associated date/s	Port Macquarie, NSW : Port Macquarie Historical Society Inc., [2018]
Publisher and/or associated date/s	©2018.
Description	viii, 120 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits (some colour) ; 26 cm.
Note	Includes index.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references.
Summary	The book begins by looking at pre-colonial Aboriginal culture before going on to examine the impact of European occupation, especially on the Birrpai people of Port Macquarie and the Hastings region. The author then makes a considered assessment of the work of Thomas Dick, the Port Macquarie oyster farmer whose early 20th century photographs portraying traditional Birrpai life are internationally renowned. He provides biographical details of the Aboriginal people who collaborated with Dick in producing this remarkable collection of photographs and how they and their families fared in the decades following Dick's death in 1927.
Subjects	Dick, Thomas, -- 1877-1927
	Biripi (Australian people)
	Aboriginal Australians -- New South Wales -- Port Macquarie Region
Other Corporate Bodies	Port Macquarie Historical Society
Call number	2018.489

Item Information
Barcode	Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Status	Due Date
A00887595	2018.489	General Collection		. Available to Museum Staff .