Fantastic dreaming : the archaeology of an Aboriginal mission / Jane Lydon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lydon, Jane, 1965-

Series:

Worlds of archaeology series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aboriginal Australians--Australia--Victoria--Social life and customs.

Aboriginal Australians--Missions--Australia--Victoria--History.

Material culture--Australia--Victoria--History.

Aboriginal Australians--Cultural assimilation--Australia--Victoria.

Spatial behavior--Australia--Victoria--History.

Aboriginal Australians--Housing--Australia--Victoria--History.

Moravians--Missions--Australia--Victoria--History.

Antiquities.

Race relations.

Moravians--Missions.

History.

Aboriginal Australians--Housing.

Spatial behavior.

Aboriginal Australians--Cultural assimilation.

Aboriginal Australians.

Material culture.

Aboriginal Australians--Missions.

Manners and customs.

Victoria--Race relations.

Victoria--Antiquities.

Essentialism (Philosophy).

Victoria.

Physical Description:

xvii, 321 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : AltaMira Press, [2009]

Summary:

Focusing on the archaeological investigation of a Moravian mission in southeastern Australia, the traditional country of the Wergaia-language speakers, Fantastic Dreaming examines how spatial organization, the consumption of Western goods, and the practices required by domesticity were used to transform Aboriginal people

Contents:

"They covet not magnificent houses, houshold-stuff"

Orienting the Wergaia

Ebenezer, for example

Space, power, and the mission-house

"All these little things" : material culture and domesticity

After the mission closed : Antwerp, 1904-1930

The outskirts of civilization

"A handle of a cup" : changing views of the missions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780759111042

0759111049

9780759118041

0759118043

OCLC:

297206882