| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 141 pages : illustrations (some color), maps). |
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| Series |
Aboriginal History Monographs ; v. 14
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Aboriginal History Monographs.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Setting Out -- Recherche Bay -- Naturalists Ashore -- Botanising -- Measuring and Charting -- Seeking the Tasmanians -- Meeting the Tasmanians -- An Archaeological Heritage -- Labillardière's Luck -- Retrospect: Recherche Bay, History and Anthropology -- Chaotic Years -- Lady Jane at Recherche Bay -- Good and Bad Times -- Concept of Heritage -- National Heritage Nomination. |
| Summary |
'This book meets well the triple promise of the title - the inter-connections of place, people and heritage. John Mulvaney brings to this work a deep knowledge of the history, ethnography and archaeology of Tasmania. He presents a comprehensive account of the area's history over the 200 years since French naval expeditions first charted its coastlines. The important records the French officers and scientists left of encounters with Aboriginal groups are discussed in detail, set in the wider ethnographic context and compared with those of later expeditions. 'The topical issues of understanding the importance of Recherche Bay as a cultural landscape and its protection and future management inform the book. Readers will be challenged to consider the connections between people and place, and how these may constitute significant national heritage.' Professor Isabel McBryde, AO, FRAI, FAHA, FSA The Australian National University. |
| Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
| Subject |
Aboriginal Tasmanians -- Australia -- Recherche Bay (Tas.)
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Aboriginal Tasmanians. |
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Australia. |
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Cultural property -- Political aspects -- Australia -- Recherche Bay (Tas.)
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Cultural property. |
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Recherche Bay (Tas.) -- Discovery and exploration -- French.
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Recherche Bay (Tas.) -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Axe Had Never Sounded' : Place, people and heritage of Recherche Bay, Tasmania. Canberra : ANU Press, ©2007 9781921313202 |
| ISBN |
9781921313219 (electronic book) |
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1921313218 (electronic book) |
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1921313218 |
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9781921313202 |
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192131320X |
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