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The BP exhibition : indigenous Australia enduring civilisation / Gaye Sculthorpe, John Carty, Howard Morphy, Maria Nugent, Ian Coates, Lissant Bolton, Jonathan Jones.

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The BP exhibition : indigenous Australia enduring civilisation / Gaye Sculthorpe, John Carty, Howard Morphy, Maria Nugent, Ian Coates, Lissant Bolton, Jonathan Jones.
Publication
London : British Museum Press, 2015.

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  • British Museum, host institution.
  • British Petroleum Company.
Description
272 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps; 26 cm
Summary
Published to accompany the first major UK exhibition on indigenous Australia, this groundbreaking new publication explores the profound impact and legacy of colonialism. The nature of collecting and the changing meaning of objects now in the collection of the British Museum are revealed through contributions from key experts and indigenous peoples and colonists were complex and nuanced, and contemporary Australian society is still dealing with this legacy, trying to transform or reconcile different worldviews. The exhibition was held at the British Museum, London, 23 April to 2 August 2015. The exhibition was organised with the National Museum of Australia.
Alternative Title
Indigenous Australia enduring civilisation
Subject
  • Art, Aboriginal Australian > Collectors and collecting > Exhibitions
  • Art, Aboriginal Australian > Exhibitions
  • Australia > Colonization > Exhibitions
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-265) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction / Gaye Sculthorpe, Lissant Bolton and Ian Coates -- Understanding country / Howard Morphy and John Carty -- Kimberley spear points / John Carty -- Fibrecraft / Lissant Bolton -- A symphony of lines : reading south-east shields / Jonathan Jones -- Painting country / John Carty -- Encounters in country / Maria Nugent -- "Everything after Cook was between all of us" / Maria Nugent -- William Barak, Coranderrk and the arts of diplomacy / Maria Nugent -- "Let us hear no more of Pigeon" : violence in the Kimberley / Ian Coates -- The Carrolup children's drawings / Ian Coates -- Out of country / Gaye Sculthorpe -- Drawing on country / Gaye Sculthorpe.
ISBN
  • 9780714126944
  • 0714126942
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Harvard Library