Strangers on the shore early coastal contacts in Australia /
"Contacts between Indigenous Australians and outsiders - Macassans, Portuguese, Dutch, English, French, Americans and others - are known to have occurred for 400 years. This book explores these diverse, subtle, dynamic and volatile first encounters from Indigenous and non-Indigenous perspective...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Canberra, A.C.T. :
National Museum of Australia Press,
2008.
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| Online Access: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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| Summary: | "Contacts between Indigenous Australians and outsiders - Macassans, Portuguese, Dutch, English, French, Americans and others - are known to have occurred for 400 years. This book explores these diverse, subtle, dynamic and volatile first encounters from Indigenous and non-Indigenous perspectives. It also looks at the myriad elements of these cross-cultural exchanges, which resulted in profound outcomes for the First Australians. Strangers on the Shore: A Conference on Early Coastal Contacts with Australia was a landmark conference held at the National Museum of Australia on 30-31 March 2006"--Provided by publisher. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 211 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.), ports. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |