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Paddy Cahill of Oenpelli

By: Derek John Mulvaney

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Paddy Cahill of Oenpelli is the story of a unique twentieth-century Territorian. At times a racehorse owner and jockey, a buffalo-hunter and pastoralist, Paddy Cahills contribution to Northern Territory life also includes farming on his Oenpelli property. Here he experimented in growing a range of fruit and vegetables while employing Aboriginal workers, farming and helping run the property. A colourful writer, his letters to Baldwin Spencer, from which Spencer drew much information for his own now-famous writings, form the basis for this examination of a rugged frontiersman, including his relationship with the Northern Territory Aboriginal peoples; their languages and culture.

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233

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Aboriginal Studies Press

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ISBN 10

0855754567

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9780855754563

Prehistory of Australia

By: Derek John Mulvaney

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Prehistory of Australia

By: Derek John Mulvaney

Australia's human prehistory through more than 40,000 years is the theme of this survey. The authors bring together the discoveries and often controversial interpretations of six decades of archaeological research to reveal that across the continent, human responses produced many cultures.

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512

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Allen & Unwin

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1864489502

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9781864489507

Digging Up a Past

By: Derek John Mulvaney

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Digging Up a Past

By: Derek John Mulvaney

Known as an historian, archaeologist, conservationist, leading public intellectual and, most famously, the 'Father of Australian archaeology', John Mulvaney is renowned for uncovering the depth of Australian human prehistory, dating the antiquity of Aboriginal occupation to previously unthought-of tens of thousands of years.--cover.

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348

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UNSW Press

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1742232191

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9781742232195

The Axe Had Never Sounded

Place, People and Heritage of Recherche Bay, Tasmania

By: John Mulvaney

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The Axe Had Never Sounded

Place, People and Heritage of Recherche Bay, Tasmania

By: John Mulvaney

This book meets well the triple promise of the title - the inter-connections of place, people and heritage. John Mulvaney brings to this work a deep knowledge of the history, ethnography and archaeology of Tasmania. He presents a comprehensive account of the areas history over the 200 years since French naval expeditions first charted its coastlines. The important records the French officers and scientists left of encounters with Aboriginal groups are discussed in detail, set in the wider ethnographic context and compared with those of later expeditions. The topical issues of understanding the importance of Recherche Bay as a cultural landscape and its protection and future management inform the book. Readers will be challenged to consider the connections between people and place, and how these may constitute significant national heritage.

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164

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ANU E Press

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1921313218

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9781921313219

Digging Up the Past

By: Derek John Mulvaney

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Digging Up the Past

By: Derek John Mulvaney

Known as a historian, conservationist, leading public intellectual, and, most famously, the “father of Australian archaeology, John Mulvaney is renowned for uncovering the depth of Australian human prehistory. This insightful and illuminating memoir traces Mulvaney's life from his childhood in rural Victoria to his revelatory excavations in central and northern Queensland and his securing of Australia's first World Heritage listings. Digging up the layers of his past and cataloguing the artifacts with the historical rigor and humanity that have defined his remarkable professional life, Mulvaney exposes the personal details of his struggles to have his work recognized and tells the stories of the inspirational people he has met along the way.

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