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Aboriginal plant collectors : botanists and Australian aboriginal people in the nineteenth century
- Title
- Aboriginal plant collectors : botanists and Australian aboriginal people in the nineteenth century / Philip A. Clarke.
- Author
- Clarke, Philip A.
- Publication
- Kenthurst, NSW : Rosenberg Pub., 2008.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFF 08-724 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 191 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map; 30 cm.
- Summary
- "The impact of indigenous people upon the European discovery of Australian plants." --Provided by publisher.
- Subject
- Human-plant relationships > Australia
- Aboriginal Australians > Social life and customs
- Aboriginal Australians > Food
- Aboriginal Australians > Medicine
- Aboriginal Australians > Ethnobotany
- Nature > Effect of human beings on > History. > Australia
- Botany > Australia > History
- Botanists > Australia > History
- Plant collecting > Australia > History
- Plant collectors > Australia > History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 168-179) and indexes.
- Contents
- Early explorers and aboriginal guides -- Settlers and Australian plants -- Making plant names -- George Caley in New South Wales -- Allan Cunningham and the mapping of Australia -- Resident plant collectors and aboriginal people -- Leichhardt and the riddle of inland Australia -- Von Mueller and Australian botany -- Inland explorers and aboriginal knowledge --The study of aboriginal plant use.
- Call Number
- JFF 08-724
- ISBN
- 1877058688
- 9781877058684
- LCCN
- 2008411855
- OCLC
- 181068577
- Author
- Clarke, Philip A.
- Title
- Aboriginal plant collectors : botanists and Australian aboriginal people in the nineteenth century / Philip A. Clarke.
- Imprint
- Kenthurst, NSW : Rosenberg Pub., 2008.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 168-179) and indexes.
- Research Call Number
- JFF 08-724