Author: Donald MacDonaldPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Gum Boughs and Wattle Bloom, Gathered on Australian Hills and Plains
Author: Donald MacDonaldPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Gum Boughs and Wattle Bloom, Gathered on Australian Hills and Plains
Author: Donald MacDonaldPublisher:
ISBN: 9781478303220
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
An EXACT reproduction from the original book GUM BOUGHS AND WATTLE BLOOM, GATHERED ON AUSTRALIAN HILLS AND PLAINS by Donald MacDonald first published in 1887. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Hunters and Collectors
Author: Tom GriffithsPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521483490
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Hunters and Collectors is about historical consciousness and environmental sensibilities in European Australia from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. It is in part a collective biography of amateur antiquarians, archaeologists, naturalists, journalists and historians: people who shaped the Australian historical imagination. Dr Griffiths illuminates the way these avid collectors and investigators of the Australian land and of its indigenous inhabitants contributed a sense of identity at colony-wide and eventually nationwide level. He also considers the rise of professional history, anthropology and archaeology in the universities, which ignored the efforts of the amateurs. Griffiths shows how the seemingly trivial activities of these hunters and collectors feed into the political and environmental debates of the 1990s. This book is outstanding in its originality, interpretative insight and literary flair.
A First Sketch of English Literature
Author: Henry MorleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criticism, interpretation, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1142
Book Description
Settlers, War, and Empire in the Press
Author: Sam HutchinsonPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319637754
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
This book explores how public commentary framed Australian involvement in the Waikato War (1863-64), the Sudan crisis (1885), and the South African War (1899-1902), a succession of conflicts that reverberated around the British Empire and which the newspaper press reported at length. It reconstructs the ways these conflicts were understood and reflected in the colonial and British press, and how commentators responded to the shifting circumstances that shaped the mood of their coverage. Studying each conflict in turn, the book explores the expressions of feeling that arose within and between the Australian colonies and Britain. It argues that settler and imperial narratives required constant defending and maintaining. This process led to tensions between Britain and the colonies, and also to vivid displays of mutual affection. The book examines how war narratives merged with ideas of territorial ownership and productivity, racial anxieties, self-governance, and foundational violence. In doing so it draws out the rationales and emotions that both fortified and unsettled settler societies.
Aboriginal Biocultural Knowledge in South-eastern Australia
Author: Fred CahirPublisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN: 1486306128
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
Indigenous Australians have long understood sustainable hunting and harvesting, seasonal changes in flora and fauna, predator–prey relationships and imbalances, and seasonal fire management. Yet the extent of their knowledge and expertise has been largely unknown and underappreciated by non-Aboriginal colonists, especially in the south-east of Australia where Aboriginal culture was severely fractured. Aboriginal Biocultural Knowledge in South-eastern Australia is the first book to examine historical records from early colonists who interacted with south-eastern Australian Aboriginal communities and documented their understanding of the environment, natural resources such as water and plant and animal foods, medicine and other aspects of their material world. This book provides a compelling case for the importance of understanding Indigenous knowledge, to inform discussions around climate change, biodiversity, resource management, health and education. It will be a valuable reference for natural resource management agencies, academics in Indigenous studies and anyone interested in Aboriginal culture and knowledge.
The Black Arrow
Author: Robert Louis StevensonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adventure stories
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
In fifteenth-century England, when his father's murderer is revealed to be his guardian, seventeen-year-old Richard Shelton joins the fellowship of the Black Arrow in avenging the death, rescuing the woman he loves, and participating in the struggle between the Yorks and Lancasters in the War of the Roses.
The Splendid Spur
Author: Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-CouchPublisher: London Cassel [1889]
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
The Publishers' Circular and General Record of British and Foreign Literature
Author: Mark Twain's Literary Resources
Author: Alan GribbenPublisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 1588385663
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1124
Book Description
Dr. Alan Gribben, a foremost Twain scholar, made waves in 1980 with the publication of Mark Twain's Library, a study that exposed for the first time the breadth of Twain's reading and influences. Prior to Gribben's work, much of Twain's reading history was assumed lost, but through dogged searching Gribben was able to source much of Twain's library. Mark Twain's Literary Resources is a much-expanded examination of Twain's library and readings. Volume I included Gribben's reflections on the work involved in cataloging Twain's reading and analysis of Twain's influences and opinions. This volume, long awaited, is an in-depth and comprehensive accounting of Twain's literary history. Each work read or owned by Twain is listed, along with information pertaining to editions, locations, and more. Gribben also includes scholarly annotations that explain the significance of many works, making this volume of Mark Twain's Literary Resources one of the most important additions to our understanding of America's greatest author.