Into the Heart of Tasmania

In 1908 English gentleman Ernest Westlake packed a tent, a bicycle and forty tins of food and sailed to Tasmania. On mountains, beaches and in sheep paddocks he collected over 13,000 Aboriginal stone tools. Westlake believed he had found the remnants of an extinct race whose culture was akin to the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Taylor, Rebe
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Melbourne : Melbourne University Publishing, 2017.
Temas:
Westlake, Ernest, > 1855-1922.
Westlake, Ernest, > 1855-1922
1900-1999
Aboriginal Tasmanians > Antiquities > Collection and preservation.
Aboriginal Tasmanians > Implements > History.
Aboriginal Tasmanians > Land tenure.
Aboriginal Tasmanians > Languages > Sources.
Ethnologists > England > Biography.
Aboriginal Tasmanians > History.
Aboriginal Tasmanians > Social life and customs.
Anthropology > Australia > Tasmania > History.
Archaeology > Australia > Tasmania > History.
Tasmaniens (Aborigènes) > Antiquités > Collections et conservation.
Tasmaniens (Aborigènes) > Terres.
Tasmaniens (Aborigènes) > Langues > Sources.
Ethnologues > Angleterre > Biographies.
Tasmaniens (Aborigènes) > Histoire.
Tasmaniens (Aborigènes) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Anthropologie > Australie > Tasmanie > Histoire.
Archéologie > Australie > Tasmanie > Histoire.
Aboriginal Tasmanians
Aboriginal Tasmanians > Implements
Anthropology
Archaeology
Ethnologists
Tasmania > History > 20th century.
Tasmanie > Histoire > 20e siècle.
England
Tasmania
Biographies
History
Sources
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro; Title; Copyright; Contents; Dedication; Author note; Prologue: The gift; The decision; The collector; Leaving home; The same science; Collecting stones; Collecting memories; Fanny Smith; The Islanders; Photographing stones; Such sweepings; Going home; A new order; In his wake; Below the surface; 'On our land'; Epilogue: The return; Acknowledgements; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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