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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 perspectives. It...

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Corporate Authors: National Museum of Australia, ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Veth, Peter Marius, Sutton, Peter, 1946-, Neale, Margo
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Canberra, A.C.T. : National Museum of Australia Press, 2008.
Subjects:
First contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners > Australia > Congresses.
Aboriginal Australians > History > Congresses.
Aboriginal Australians > Social conditions > Congresses.
Cultural relations > Congresses.
Intercultural communication > Congresses.
Acculturation > Australia > Congresses.
Electronic books.
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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.
Physical Description:x, 211 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.), ports.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.

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