After Captain Cook : the archaeology of the recent indigenous past in Australia

Harrison, Rodney, 1974- (Added Author). Williamson, Christine, 1966- (Added Author).

Summary: The papers collected in this volume address the historical archaeology of Aboriginal Australia & its application in researching the shared history of Aboriginal & settler Australians.

Record details

ISBN: 0759106568
ISBN: 9780759106567
ISBN: 0759106576
ISBN: 9780759106574
Physical Description: print
xx, 231 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Edition: 1st AltaMira Press ed.
Publisher: Walnut Creek, CA : AltaMira, 2004.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: 'Too many Captain Cooks'? An archaeology of Aboriginal Australia after 1788 / Rodney Harrison / Christine Williamson -- 2. Mjoberg collection and contact period Aboriginal material culture from north-east Queensland's rainforest region / Asa Ferrier -- 3. Shared histories and the archaeology of the pastoral industry in Australia / Rodney Harrison -- 4. 'This civilising experiment': Photography at Coranderrk Aboriginal Station during the 1860s / Jane Lydon -- 5. Finding meaning in the patterns: The analysis of material culture from a contact site in Tasmania / Christine Williamson -- 6. Legislating the past: Native title and the history of Aboriginal Australia / Libby Riches -- 7. Can archaeology be used to address the principle of exclusive possession in native title? / Peter Veth / Jo McDonald -- 8. archaeology of attachment: Cultural heritage and the post-contact / Denis Byrne -- 9. Recent investigations at the Ebenezer Mission cemetery / Steve Brown / Steven Avery / Megan Goulding -- 10. Places people value: Social significance and cultural exchange in post-invasion Australia / Susan McIntyre-Tamwoy -- 11. past remembered: Aboriginal 'historical' places in central Queensland / Luke Godwin / Scott L'Oste-Brown -- 12. Epilogue: An archaeology of Indigenous/non-Indigenous Australia from 1788 / Tim Murray.