Author: Hector Holthouse
Publisher: Australian Geographic
ISBN:
Category : Cape York Peninsula (Qld.)
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Mentions contact with explorers; rock art and rock engravings at Laura, including Quinkan figures; battle of Mitchell River; Bamaga Native Reserve; Torres Strait pearling; Aboriginal resistance to gold diggers; Aboriginal stockmen, midwives (p.73); construction of telegraph line from Palmerville to the Cape; rescue of plane crash victims by Aborigines in 1942; setting up of missions, reserves on Cape York peninsula; timeline of European expeditions 1845-1990; briefly mentions Kanju, Kokoberin, Tjapukai, Wik Monkan, Wuthathi, Yaraikana, Yintjingga people.
The Australian Geographic Book of Cape York
Author: Hector Holthouse
Publisher: Australian Geographic
ISBN:
Category : Cape York Peninsula (Qld.)
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Mentions contact with explorers; rock art and rock engravings at Laura, including Quinkan figures; battle of Mitchell River; Bamaga Native Reserve; Torres Strait pearling; Aboriginal resistance to gold diggers; Aboriginal stockmen, midwives (p.73); construction of telegraph line from Palmerville to the Cape; rescue of plane crash victims by Aborigines in 1942; setting up of missions, reserves on Cape York peninsula; timeline of European expeditions 1845-1990; briefly mentions Kanju, Kokoberin, Tjapukai, Wik Monkan, Wuthathi, Yaraikana, Yintjingga people.
Publisher: Australian Geographic
ISBN:
Category : Cape York Peninsula (Qld.)
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Mentions contact with explorers; rock art and rock engravings at Laura, including Quinkan figures; battle of Mitchell River; Bamaga Native Reserve; Torres Strait pearling; Aboriginal resistance to gold diggers; Aboriginal stockmen, midwives (p.73); construction of telegraph line from Palmerville to the Cape; rescue of plane crash victims by Aborigines in 1942; setting up of missions, reserves on Cape York peninsula; timeline of European expeditions 1845-1990; briefly mentions Kanju, Kokoberin, Tjapukai, Wik Monkan, Wuthathi, Yaraikana, Yintjingga people.
The Australian Geographic Book of Cape York
Author: Hector Holthouse
Publisher: Australian Geographic
ISBN: 9781862768017
Category : Cape York Peninsula (Qld.)
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
Publisher: Australian Geographic
ISBN: 9781862768017
Category : Cape York Peninsula (Qld.)
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
By the Book
Author: Patrick Buckridge
Publisher: Univ. of Queensland Press
ISBN: 9780702234682
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
"By the Book is an indispensable history of the literature of Queensland from its establishment as a separate colony in the mid-nineteenth century through major economic, political and cultural transformations to the beginning of the twenty-first century. Queensland figures in the Australian imagination as a frontier, a place of wild landscapes and wilder politics, but also as Australia's playground, a soft tourist paradise of warm weather and golden beaches. Based partly on real historical divergences from the rest of Australia, these contradictory images have been questioned and scrutini.
Publisher: Univ. of Queensland Press
ISBN: 9780702234682
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
"By the Book is an indispensable history of the literature of Queensland from its establishment as a separate colony in the mid-nineteenth century through major economic, political and cultural transformations to the beginning of the twenty-first century. Queensland figures in the Australian imagination as a frontier, a place of wild landscapes and wilder politics, but also as Australia's playground, a soft tourist paradise of warm weather and golden beaches. Based partly on real historical divergences from the rest of Australia, these contradictory images have been questioned and scrutini.
The Australian Geographic Book of the Kimberley
Author: David McGonigal
Publisher: Australian Geographic
ISBN:
Category : Kimberley (W.A.)
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Accompanied by a map of the Kimberley - Native inhabitants - European explorers - Early European settlement - Primary industry - Royal Flying Doctor Service - National Parks - Wildlife.
Publisher: Australian Geographic
ISBN:
Category : Kimberley (W.A.)
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Accompanied by a map of the Kimberley - Native inhabitants - European explorers - Early European settlement - Primary industry - Royal Flying Doctor Service - National Parks - Wildlife.
Sacred Custodians of the Earth?
Author: Alaine M. Low
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 9781571813169
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
These 13 workshop-based papers critique ecofeminist assumptions about traditional societies viewing women as closer to nature and more spiritual than men. Following an overview by Low (history, Open U.) and Tremayne (social and cultural anthropology, U. of Oxford), the first contribution frames the debate over gender politics and environmentalism. Next, case studies illustrate sacred landscape (not intrinsically ecologically-oriented) in such societies past and present. Part III treats nature and gender in several major world religions. The final paper discusses contemporary paganism's quest for wholeness. The cover title reads Women as sacred custodians of the earth? Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 9781571813169
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
These 13 workshop-based papers critique ecofeminist assumptions about traditional societies viewing women as closer to nature and more spiritual than men. Following an overview by Low (history, Open U.) and Tremayne (social and cultural anthropology, U. of Oxford), the first contribution frames the debate over gender politics and environmentalism. Next, case studies illustrate sacred landscape (not intrinsically ecologically-oriented) in such societies past and present. Part III treats nature and gender in several major world religions. The final paper discusses contemporary paganism's quest for wholeness. The cover title reads Women as sacred custodians of the earth? Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
The Paddler's Guide to South Australia
Author: Scott Rawstorne
Publisher: Global Paddler
ISBN: 9780987348753
Category : Canoes and canoeing
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
35 great kayaking, canoeing and stand up paddling destinations
Publisher: Global Paddler
ISBN: 9780987348753
Category : Canoes and canoeing
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
35 great kayaking, canoeing and stand up paddling destinations
Australian National Bibliography: 1992
Author: National Library of Australia
Publisher: National Library Australia
ISBN:
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 1976
Book Description
Publisher: National Library Australia
ISBN:
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 1976
Book Description
Uncommon Ground
Author: Veronica Strang
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000181359
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
- What makes people care about the environment? - Why and how do different cultural groups value land in different ways? With increasing international concern about green issues, and the apparent failure of mechanistic solutions to complex problems, Uncommon Ground provides a timely understanding of the cultural values that underpin human-environmental relations. Through a comparison of two very different groups, the Aboriginal people and the white cattle farmers in Far North Queensland, Uncommon Ground explores how the human-environmental relationship is culturally constructed. This highly topical study also examines the long-term conflicts over land in Australia, which have brought to the surface each group's environmental values. The author considers how these values are acquired, and the universal and cultural factors that lead to their development. Major emphasis is put on the cultural forms that create and express environmental values for the Aborigines and the white pastoralists, such as: - historical background - land use and economic modes - socio-spatial organization - language, knowledge and methods of socialization - oral and visual representation - cosmological beliefs and systems of law This book is very accessible and should be widely used on anthropology, environmental studies and geography courses.]
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000181359
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
- What makes people care about the environment? - Why and how do different cultural groups value land in different ways? With increasing international concern about green issues, and the apparent failure of mechanistic solutions to complex problems, Uncommon Ground provides a timely understanding of the cultural values that underpin human-environmental relations. Through a comparison of two very different groups, the Aboriginal people and the white cattle farmers in Far North Queensland, Uncommon Ground explores how the human-environmental relationship is culturally constructed. This highly topical study also examines the long-term conflicts over land in Australia, which have brought to the surface each group's environmental values. The author considers how these values are acquired, and the universal and cultural factors that lead to their development. Major emphasis is put on the cultural forms that create and express environmental values for the Aborigines and the white pastoralists, such as: - historical background - land use and economic modes - socio-spatial organization - language, knowledge and methods of socialization - oral and visual representation - cosmological beliefs and systems of law This book is very accessible and should be widely used on anthropology, environmental studies and geography courses.]
Australian Geographic
Biogeography of Australasia
Author: Michael Heads
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107041023
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 507
Book Description
A fascinating analysis of the main patterns of distribution and evolution of the Australasian biota.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107041023
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 507
Book Description
A fascinating analysis of the main patterns of distribution and evolution of the Australasian biota.