This is an unusual and compelling history of an Australian frontier. In it, the archaeologist turns historian. Mike Smith sifts documents and memories in order to describe the last century and a half of culture contact in the region where older sediments have previously been his study.

He uses Puritjarra as a place from which to view the modern social exchange and disruption generated across Kukatja country by the European colonial invasion. This is not just a fine, original history, but also a challenging model of archaeological practice.

Peopling the Cleland Hills: Aboriginal History in Western Central Australia, 1850-1980 (Aboriginal History Monograph, 12)

History

M. A. Smith

Australia & Oceania

National Museum of Australia

<p>The exhibition explores how the discovery of gold in Australia from 1851 had a profound impact on Australias social and political development by creating enormous wealth and triggering an unprecedented wave of immigration and social change. Personal narratives, photographs and memorabilia will present the stories of those who came to live and work in the goldfields, including artists, goldsmiths, prospectors, ex-convict diggers, entertainers, participants in the Eureka Stockade uprising, Chinese miners, bankers, Aboriginal people, women, children and explorers. Revealing the powerful place of gold in the human imagination, Gold and Civilisation draws on gold artefacts from 35 countries including Austria, China, Denmark, France, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Poland, Russia, Switzerland, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom and The Vatican which represent the highest artistic standards of their culture.</p>

Gold and civilisation

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Negotiating histories: National museums : conference proceedings

Eternity: Stories from the Emotional Heart of Australia

Stell Marion

Explores the origins and meanings of more of our many common Australian words, with definitions provided by the Australian National Dictionary Centre and cartoons by David Page.

Aussie English for Beginners : Book Two

Pope, David

Outlawed! Rebels, Revolutionaries and Bushrangers

Weber, Therese

Behind the Lines: The Year's Best Cartoons - Entries in the National Museum of Australia Political Cartooning Competition

Humor & Entertainment

Guy Hansen

Humor

Encounters

<p>Created under the guidance of cultural custodians, traditional owners and artists, Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters explores the history and meaning of the Dreaming or creation tracks that crisscross the Australian continent, of which the Seven Sisters songlines are amongst the most extensive. Through artworks, stories and in-depth analysis, this book provides an important resource for those interested in knowing more about these complex pathways of spiritual, ecological, economic, cultural and ontological knowledge - the stories ‘written in the land’</p>

Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Midawarr Harvest

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