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Ochre and rust : artefacts [sic] and encounters on Australian frontiers / Philip Jones.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jones, Philip, 1955-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aboriginal Australians--Antiquities.
- Aboriginal Australians.
- Aboriginal Australians--Implements.
- Frontier and pioneer life--Australia.
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Australia--Antiquities.
- Australia.
- Australia--Race relations--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (449 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Kent Town, S. Aust. : Wakefield Press, 2011, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Ochre and Rust takes nine Aboriginal and colonial artefacts from their museum shelves, and positions them at the centre of these gripping, poignant tales set in the heart of Australia's frontier zone.
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE Master Blackburn , s whip; CHAPTER TWO Broken shields; CHAPTER THREE Turning to metal; CHAPTER FOUR Spearing Bennett; CHAPTER FIVE Drilling for fire; CHAPTER SIX Unearthing the toas; CHAPTER SEVEN The magic garb of Daisy Bates; CHAPTER EIGHT Namatjira and the Jesus plaque; CHAPTER NINE That special property; NOTES; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; LOCALITIES INDEX; GENERAL INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-408) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-74305-033-X
- OCLC:
- 759101475
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