Strangers on the shore [electronic resource] : early coastal contacts in Australia / edited by Peter Veth, Peter Sutton and Margo Neale.
Contributor(s): Veth, Peter Marius | Sutton, Peter | Neale, Margo | National Museum of Australia | ebrary, Inc.
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BookPublisher: Canberra, A.C.T. : National Museum of Australia Press, 2008Description: x, 211 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.), ports.Subject(s): 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 -- CongressesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 994.01 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 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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"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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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