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1 electronic resource (x, 294 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Terra Australis ; 55 |
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Terra Australis ; 55.
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This volume grew out of the Histories of Australian Rock Art Research Symposium held at Griffith University's Gold Coast campus in December 2019. |
| Summary |
Australia has one of the largest inventories of rock art in the world with pictographs and petroglyphs found almost anywhere that has suitable rock surfaces - in rock shelters and caves, on boulders and rock platforms. First Nations people have been marking these places with figurative imagery, abstract designs, stencils and prints for tens of thousands of years, often engaging with earlier rock markings. The art reflects and expresses changing experiences within landscapes over time, spirituality, history, law and lore, as well as relationships between individuals and groups of people, plants, animals, land and Ancestral Beings that are said to have created the world, including some rock art. Since the late 1700s, people arriving in Australia have been fascinated with the rock art they encountered, with detailed studies commencing in the late 1800s. Through the 1900s an impressive body of research on Australian rock art was undertaken, with dedicated academic study using archaeological methods employed since the late 1940s. Since then, Australian rock art has been researched from various perspectives, including that of Traditional Owners, custodians and other community members. Through the 1900s, there was also growing interest in Australian rock art from researchers across the globe, leading many to visit or migrate to Australia to undertake rock art research. In this volume, the varied histories of Australian rock art research from different parts of the country are explored not only in terms of key researchers, developments and changes over time, but also the crucial role of First Nations people themselves in investigations of this key component of their living heritage. |
| Language |
English. |
| Access |
Open Access EbpS |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
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Unless stated otherwise, the author retains copyright to their work while ANU Press retains exclusive worldwide rights for the distribution of the book. From 2018, the majority of ANU Press titles are published under a Creative Commons licence (CC BY-NC-ND; creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which broadens the ways in which works can be used and distributed. Please refer to the copyright page of each book for more information on a specific title's copyright licensing. |
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Petroglyphs -- Research -- Australia.
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Picture-writing -- Research -- Australia.
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Painting, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia.
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Rock paintings -- Australia.
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Pétroglyphes -- Recherche -- Australie.
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Peinture australienne (aborigène) -- Australie.
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Australasian & Pacific history.
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Archaeology.
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Australia https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QbtfRv8PPH7gCqhkJ8DK8bM
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| Indexed Term |
rock art |
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Australian rock art |
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Australia |
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rock art research |
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First Nations people |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Frederick, Ursula, 1970- editor, contributor.
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May, Sally K., editor, contributor.
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McDonald, Jo (Josephine), editor, contributor.
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Taçon, Paul S. C. (Paul Stephen Charles), 1958- editor, contributor.
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Australian National University Press, publisher.
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| Other Form: |
1-76046-535-6 |
| ISBN |
9781760465360 (electronic book) |
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1760465364 (electronic book) |
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9781760465353 (paperback) |
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1760465356 (paperback) |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000072802289 |
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AU@ 000073773038 |
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