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1 online resource (xxvii, 416 pages) : illustrations, maps, fascism |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Papers originally presented at the inaugural conference of the Australian Association for the Advancement of Pacific Studies (AAAPS) held at the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane in Jan. 2006. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Hunting the collectors / Susan Cochrane and Max Quanchi -- Royal Geographic Society expedition to the Western Province of British New Guinea in the 1880's / Jude Philp -- Perils of ethnographic provenance; the documentation of the Johnson Fiji collection in the South Australian Museum / Rod Ewins -- In 'the land the rare bird of paradis'; Three collectors in southern New Guinea 1875-1887 / Susan Davies -- Career moves; German speakers in the ethnographic field / Regina Ganter -- Thomas Farrell; Trading in New Ireland / Vicki Barnecutt -- Missionary positions; George Brown's bodies / Prue Ahrens -- A collector of images; the Pacific archive of photographer Thomas McMahon / Max Quanchi -- Edgar Waite's northwest Pacific expedition of 1918; the hidden collections / Barry Craig -- A Rara avis; the collecting of FE Williams, the government anthropologist of Papua and the Official Papuan Collection / Sylvia Schaffarczyk -- (Works of) paradise and yet; Stanley Gordon Moriarty, Tony Tuckson and the collection of Oceanic Art at the Art Gallery of New South Wales / Natalie Wilson -- Mr Pretty's Predicament : Ethnic art field collectors in Melanesia for the Commonwealth Arts Advisory Board, 1968-1973 / Susan Cochrane -- Max Ernst; artist and collector / Christine Dixon -- Recollections of a Massim art collector / Harry Beran -- Who is collecting Pacific Island archives in Australia now? / Ewan Maidment -- Pacific collections of the National Library of Australia; a reflection of national awareness and perception of the Pacific region / Susan Woodburn -- Banaba-Ocean Island chronicles; private collections, indigenous record keeping, fact and fiction / Ken Sigrah and Stacey King -- Pacific collections in the National Museum of Australia / David Kaus -- Pacific focus; Bringing knowledge about photographic collections in Australia to Pacific communities / Tatiana Antsoupova and Ewan Maidment. |
| Summary |
This volume investigates Pacific collections held in Australian museums, art galleries and archives, and the diverse group of 19th and 20th century collectors responsible for their acquisition. The nineteen essays reveal varied personal and institutional motivations that eventually led to the conservation, preservation and exhibition in Australia of a remarkable archive of Pacific Island material objects, art and crafts, photographs and documents. Hunting the Collectors benchmarks the importa ... |
| Local Note |
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Ethnological museums and collections -- Australia -- Congresses.
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Ethnological museums and collections. |
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Australia. |
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Material culture -- Conservation and restoration -- Pacific Area -- Congresses.
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Material culture -- Conservation and restoration. |
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Pacific Area. |
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Material culture. |
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Material culture -- Collectors and collecting -- Australia -- History -- 19th century -- Congresses.
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Collectors and collecting. |
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History. |
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19th century |
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Material culture -- Collectors and collecting -- Australia -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses.
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20th century |
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Research institutes -- Australia -- Congresses.
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Research institutes. |
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Pacific Area -- Foreign relations -- Australia -- Congresses.
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International relations. |
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Pacific Area -- Study and teaching -- Congresses.
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Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Cochrane, Susan.
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Quanchi, Max.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Australian Association for the Advancement of Pacific Studies. Conference (1st : 2006 : Brisbane, Qld.). Hunting the collectors. New Castle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2011 144382660X (OCoLC)710807106 |
| ISBN |
9781443848282 (electronic book) |
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144384828X (electronic book) |
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144382660X |
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9781443826600 |
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